The endless expanse of the ocean’s midnight zone offers plenty of room to stretch out. Here, some animals can grow to great lengths. Siphonophores are gelatinous animals composed of specialized parts... continue reading
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When grown-up jellyfish love each other very much, they make huge numbers of teeny-tiny potato-shaped larvae. Those larvae grow into little polyps that cling to rocks and catch prey with their stinging... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 month 1 week ago • 38 views • 4:39Plimpton 322 is the name given to a 3,800-year-old clay tablet discovered in Iraq in the early 20th Century by archeologist Edgar J Banks, the man believed to have inspired Indiana Jones. Over time this... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 months 1 week ago • 47 views • 4:14Accidentally filming triboluminescence by shooting two air cannons loaded with glass spheres directly at each other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboluminescence
posted by newtboy 2 months 2 weeks ago • 122 views • 22:27In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 months 1 week ago • 78 views • 6:30A San Bernardino officer attacked a man being held at knifepoint by his girlfriend, assuming the unarmed man must be the aggressor. The man defended himself, punching the cop, and taking her gun and firing... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 months 4 weeks ago • 128 views • 10:482023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 98 views • 7:32Police in Franklington La tried to falsify accident reports to cover for a fellow officer that was drunk and had driven into oncoming lanes. The cops truck was found on the wrong side of the road surrounded... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months 3 weeks ago • 61 views • 4:49For our Season 2 finale, we dive into how Trump’s experience entering the court system differs from… just about every other person to ever be indicted in America – complete with the cable news circus... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 2 weeks ago • 346 views • 3:57Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 1 month 4 weeks ago • 273 views • 58:27posting this video so others can become aware of the failure of iRobot to secure sensitive photos from reaching the internet. this video assures customers that no photos are shared on the cloud - -... continue reading
posted by luxintenebris 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 115 views • 1:28UC Davis and other institutions have been experimenting with seaweed added to cattle feed to reduce methane emissions. Results are very encouraging, showing reductions in methane production from between... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 145 views • 1:31The Scientist's Warning is a film about the journey one scientist takes after one of his research papers sparks a global movement to address the challenges facing our planet. Both scientists and citizens... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 120 views • 35:36A group of police recruits were hit be a car during a morning run. For some reason, a group of at least 40 recruits were running in the road instead of using sidewalks, without a permit, and were hit by a car. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 1 week ago • 138 views • 2:07Washing your hands after using the restroom - most of us only do so because a fellow co-worker is in the bathroom with us, and we wonder if he'll tell other people if we don't.
posted by BSR 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 59 views • 10:28Sewers were one of the earliest and most impactful advents of public health in urban areas, and it’s exciting that we’re still finding new ways to use them to that end.
posted by eric3579 1 year 11 months 1 week ago • 50 views • 12:10In this Dog Nation video, I help a couple who rescued a badly burned dog to achieve an incredible goal to be a therapy dog for burn survivors. Fergus, a golden retriever, has leash aggression. He barks... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 12 months ago • 95 views • 12:17Seems Vitamin D may not be the answer to better Covid outcomes. It seems it may be the other effects of sunlight that is providing protection.
posted by eric3579 2 years 1 week ago • 516 views • 23:59The Omega 1 is not only much more powerful than existing technology, but it is also much more efficient. The Omega 1’s rotary mechanism is very efficient because it has very little friction and fluid... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 480 viewsThe world remains in a state of shock after spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting on the island of Tonga left a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific region. With shocking visuals... continue reading
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