The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month 1 week ago • 26 views • 10:16

"Enjoy counting to 12 with every pinball animation short in this compilation! ..."

posted by ant 3 months 1 week ago • 16 views • 12:33

YouTube description: Not too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 2 weeks ago • 146 views • 9:52

With the large hadron collider running out of places to look for clues to a deeper theory of physics, we need a bigger particle accelerator. We have one - the galaxy.

posted by w1ndex 6 months 1 week ago • 138 views • 16:26

YouTube description: Squirrel intelligence and agility get put to the test in this obstacle course. (via laughingsquid.com)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,554 views • 2:36

"... an educational video produced by The Computer Museum and hosted by David Neil of PBS's Newton's Apple. Join David Neil and his four young companions on an entertaining and illuminating trek through... continue reading

posted by ant 7 months ago • 15 views • 26:32

--- Do earwigs climb into your ear? The quick answer is no. Earwigs are not interested in climbing into your ear to lay their eggs or otherwise. They’re no more likely than any other bug to accidentally... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 months 1 week ago • 141 views • 4:21

YouTube description: One of the most dynamic, transformative, and potentially dangerous features in North America is also responsible for some of the continent’s most amazing fossil deposits. It’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months ago • 268 views • 9:39

YouTube description In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany. They were extracting oil from the rock and along with the oil, they found beautifully... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 1 week ago • 518 views • 8:34

YouTube description: For decades, one of the most abundant kinds of fossils on Earth, numbering in the millions of specimens, was a mystery to paleontologists. But geologists discovered that these mysterious... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months ago • 610 views • 7:00

YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 601 views • 8:27

YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,262 views • 12:21

Last year LIGO announced the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes. The science world went a little crazy. Only a few weeks ago a new rumour emerged: that LIGO had, for the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 147 views • 15:51

Ewww Ewww EWWW!!! YouTube: When predators attack, daddy longlegs deliberately release their limbs to escape. They can drop up to three and still get by just fine.

posted by PlayhousePals 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 879 views • 4:05

https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=3933461-NPR-PBS-NewsHour-Marist-Poll-Aug-17-2017

posted by bobknight33 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 31 views • 9:36

YouTube description: We know a lot about dinosaurs but there’s one question that has plagued paleontologists for decades: what color were they? (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months ago • 336 views • 6:01

YouTube description: In Mexico, seniors are traditionally cared for in the homes of relatives. But a boom of foreign retirees, many of them Americans, have begun moving to Mexico to live out their years,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 789 views • 7:52

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2008 Continuation from the other video, starting at minute 1:01 the professor explains how Slavery started with Africans. THE REAL STORY!!

posted by bobknight33 1 year 12 months ago • 51 views • 2:28