It's okay to find people sexy, but it's not okay to act like that's the reason they exist. -yt

posted by eric3579 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 419 views • 4:56

Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading

posted by Zawash 1 decade 1 week ago • 255 views • 43:41

Thanks to Visually (http://Visual.ly) for facilitating the creation of this video, to http://youtube.com/kurzgesagt for the animation, and to The Prison Policy Initiative for research help and fact checking.... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 2 months ago • 1,435 views • 3:41

“Now this is a very, very important point — to realize that the world is not an illusion, that the world simply happens to be an abstraction. Out of the process, please remember we are interested in... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 4 months 4 weeks ago • 72 views • 3:05

(YT description via Vice) You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow,... continue reading

http://videosift.com/video/Insane-woman-thinks-all-postal-workers-are-after-her Following the discussion which took place in the comment section of a video (linked above) posted by @pumkinandstorm,... continue reading

YouTube Description: 10 Reasons To Love ScienceDon't like science? Not a fan of Brainiac Day on Geek Week? Then let world-famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson try and convince you otherwise with these... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 10 months ago • 136 views • 5:17

Please excuse any mistakes in the translation. Neither of the languages is my native one. :) "In China you don't have letters when writing. Instead you use characters, and each character is a word.... continue reading

posted by WaterDweller 1 decade 10 months 4 weeks ago • 173 views • 2:00

With a flexible spine and feet like tire treads, the cheetah is built not only for speed - but for unrivaled acceleration. -yt

posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 year 2 weeks ago • 3,438 views • 3:03

Youtube Description: This 50 minutes long BBC documentary film is aired in the year 2011. The BBC film says it is the first and the most technological advance in the world, ancient chariot racing, the... continue reading

posted by oohlalasassoon 1 decade 1 year 2 months ago • 556 views • 48:32

YouTube Description: What happens when single photons of light pass through a double slit and are detected by a photomultiplier tube? In 1801 Thomas Young seemed to settle a long-running debate about... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 251 views • 6:00

YouTube Description: What would you see if you were drifting through space, looking back at the sun? Well its light intensity would decrease as the inverse square of distance from the sun. And you would... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 3 months ago • 569 views • 3:06

Neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth describes patients who have lost their capacity to use words, but not numbers; or numbers but not words, always with the interesting twist that numbers spelled out,... continue reading

posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 1,185 views • 6:43

Happy October, Month of the Hexaflexagon! Oct. 21st is the annual Celebration of Mind, in honor of Martin Gardner. Maybe you'd like to host or attend a flexagon party sometime around then, or learn about... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 year 8 months ago • 2,201 views • 4:45