"... Let's face it! The world hates fire ants. It is not hard to understand why seeing as they are a major domestic pest in many countries, as well as a very dangerous agricultural pest, like in the Unites... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 296 views • 15:53Videos (125) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
On this episode of How'd They Do That, we take a look at how a top fuel dragster makes all its power and barrels down the 1,000-ft race track.
posted by bobknight33 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 197 views • 13:49YouTube description: On the river Rhine in Switzerland, there are reaction ferries: boats with no engine, no paddles, no onboard motive power at all. Here's how they work -- and a question about what... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 601 views • 2:30Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,947 views • 6:44Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 249 views • 7:24YouTube: This video is about why it's harder to successfully land spacecraft and landers and rovers on Mars than on Earth, or Venus, or the Moon, or Titan, or asteroids. It all comes down to atmospheric... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 582 views • 2:02Frank Underwood is many things: A husband. A politician. A duplicitous, machiavellian psychosexual deviant with a bloodlust for power. A purveyor of fine Carolinian barbecue. Opening just for him at 7:30AM... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 115 views • 5:38I couldn't find any info on any projects like this, so I thought I would have a try myself. I thought an oven would be the perfect platform, it already has a door, space for insulation, and comes with... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 7:48Near Bodø in Norway, there's the strongest tidal current in the world: Saltstraumen Maelstrom, a constantly-changing rush of whirlpools, boils and vortices. It might not be quite the whirlpools of myth... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 241 views • 2:32Exploring a few innovations in nuclear power generation that could make new plants much safer...if we were still making new plants.
posted by newtboy 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 629 views • 8:11Uploaded on Jun 19, 2009 Rock Expose arguing that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for guitar playing powers.
posted by bobknight33 6 years 12 months ago • 136 views • 5:58Tesla will begin delivering its first solar roof tiles this summer at a price point that could expand the U.S. solar market. Bloomberg's Tom Randall explains how the tiles work, how they're priced and... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 12 months ago • 622 views • 2:56I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 1 week ago • 1,216 views • 8:51"Thank you all for supporting science." YouTube: Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to answer some common science questions.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 weeks ago • 841 views • 8:52YouTube description: In a dusty, crowded shop in Milan, Italy, artist Osvaldo Menegazzi toils, as he has for decades, designing intricate decks of tarot cards. Every card a handmade work of art, Mengazzi... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 weeks ago • 304 views • 2:11John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month ago • 1,157 views • 5:01From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,883 views • 1:31