An apparent case of mistaken identity in Galveston landed a man in jail for days in May after police thought the innocent patient leaving the hospital was an escaped prison inmate. There were no escapees. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 2:36

The common wisdom is that, once an invasive species is truly established, it can't be eradicated — but I talked to the team from Predator Free Wellington, who think they can do just that. ■ Predator... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 1 week ago • 84 views • 9:17

Only some people can see this image or understand this sentence!

posted by newtboy 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 480 views • 6:30

Oh, and it can also play the world's hardest song... sort of. Shout out to Sheet Music Boss. Go check out and sub to their channel!- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzTR... Finally, the piano... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 141 views • 11:34

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed funeral director and mortician, once again answers the internet's burning questions about dead bodies and the funeral director profession. When someone dies, what happens... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 4 months ago • 7 views • 15:27

Once I decided to build 2wd bicycle and faced the callenge. It wasn't that easy I expected but after few weeks 2wd bike works. All needed parts I found in old hand drill and some of them borrowed in a... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 129 views • 4:38

Once again Cops doing their job to protect society.

posted by bobknight33 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 50 views • 12:22

Imagine pole-vaulting across dangerous terrain, down steep slopes and ravines. "Salto del pastor"—translated from Spanish as "the shepherd's leap"—is just that. Now a folk sport and hobby, it was once... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 752 views • 3:53

I highly recommend listening to the song first, or at least the first half. As a drummer for 32 years (8 formally on actual drums / in public, the rest on available surfaces and arguably in rhythm games),... continue reading

posted by moonsammy 3 years 11 months ago • 500 views • 10:15

YouTube description: The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. Of the hundreds that were built, most were never meant for passengers. But... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 443 views • 3:24

The World's Biggest Gear Reduction by designer and maker of prototypical machines, devices and tools Daniel de Bruin. This machine visualizes the number googol. That's a 1 with a hundred zeros. A number... continue reading

posted by BSR 5 years 1 week ago • 1,211 views

"There's a scientific reason behind your 'second stomach.' ... How is it that, after stuffing ourselves full at dinner, we somehow find room to eat again once dessert comes around? Turns out, the thing... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 234 views • 4:15

YouTube description: There’s no telling what you can do when you put your mind to it. Take Richard Hull, he built a small-scale fusion reactor—in a shed, in his backyard. A retired electronics engineer,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 1,462 views • 3:32

YouTube description: Hi :) I’m a student in Network & Systems Engineering (Robots, networks and programming and stuff) and I built a dinosaur in my spare time. I got the idea in my head, thought... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,279 views • 2:37

From Youtube, "Dialect coach Erik Singer once again takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. Did Rami Malek do a good job speaking through prosthetics to become... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 25:20

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month ago • 567 views • 9:17

YouTube description: What do Skrillex, David Bowie, Salt-N-Pepa and basically every drum and bass track have in common? They've all used the Amen break, a four-bar drum solo that has become the most... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 427 views • 4:05

YouTube description: A new technique is allowing researchers to study the inner workings of a cuttlefish brain by tracking colour changing cells in their skin. These cell are directly controlled by... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 462 views • 6:19

Dialect coach Erik Singer once again analyzes the accents of some of Hollywood's biggest names. How accurate were their accents, really? I find this stuff fascinating.

posted by ChaosEngine 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 24:22

YouTube description: Brian from Real Engineering also just released a related video on the Physics of Racing Games which you should watch once you're done with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz8RRxYwrhg ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months ago • 1,124 views • 9:14