From Youtube, "Deep in tropical jungles lie floating kingdoms ruled by beautiful and deadly masters: They are sort of the high elves of the ant kingdoms: Talented architects that create castles and city... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 93 views • 9:04

From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 55 views • 26:02

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32

From Youtube, "Humans are proud of a lot of things, from particle accelerators, to poetry to pokemon. All of them made possible because of something humans value extremely highly: intelligence."

posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months ago • 72 views • 9:45

Createk third-arm : Supernumerary robotic arm powered by magnetorheological clutches and an hydrostatic transmission. Fast enough to compensate for human motions while being safe for physical human-robot interaction. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 12 months ago • 123 views • 2:51

YouTube description: This video demonstrate how differently the air spreads when coughing. This visualizes the high importance of the World Health Organization's behavioral recommendations for protection... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 427 views • 1:09

YouTube description: Ahmed Darwish el Fakhouri spends his days surrounded by olive oil soap stacked up high—each precious bar waiting to be wrapped and sold after a drying out period of two to three... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 351 views • 2:24

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 341 views • 2:19

This strange creature was only discovered by marine biologists in 2007 during a deep water expedition. Teuthidodrilus, commonly known as the "Squidworm", is just as flamboyant as it is strange in appearance.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 5 months ago • 778 views • 3:38

https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 571 views • 10:04

Mozart for babies brain development - Classical Music for Babies - Lullabies for Babies - Baby Sleep and Bedtime Music - Mozart High-quality audio for good audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZYkEPXFvqY... continue reading

posted by addmy 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 12 views • 2:03:48

Cute baby macaque is given swimming lessons by his mother then advances a little too quickly to the high dive.

posted by BSR 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 156 views • 2:22

YouTube description: It's been a decade since the first hybrid victory in F1, at the 2009 Hungarian GP. How has hybrid technology evolved since then? Andy Cowell, Managing Director of Mercedes-AMG High... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 629 views • 4:21

YouTube description: People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months ago • 861 views • 2:34

From Youtube, "I bought 10,000 shade balls and tried to swim in them. They appear to act like a non-Newtonian fluid: rigid under high shear stress, but they flow like a liquid under low shear."

posted by w1ndex 5 years ago • 104 views • 10:42

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years ago • 168 views • 20:41

Most poisonous mushrooms won’t kill you—they’ll simply cause a severe headache or vomiting. Death-cap mushrooms are not like the others. As little as half an Amanita phalloides contains enough toxin... continue reading

posted by BSR 5 years 2 weeks ago • 687 views • 2:34

Would college students support a policy that would force those with high GPAs to donate part of their own GPA to help those with lower grades?

posted by bobknight33 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 83 views • 4:45

What do you get when you take a boxy little hatchback, replace the backseat with a high-performance engine, and add a turbo? You get one of the most badass pieces of automotive engineering thought up by... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 4 months ago • 63 views • 13:02