From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 324 views • 11:05

Neil discusses the difference between having knowledge and intelligence. With knowledge, you can memorize certain facts and have them on hand when certain questions arise. With intelligence you can figure... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 556 views • 4:44

The stereotypical modern playground — with its bright colors and rubberized flooring — is designed to be clean, safe, and lawsuit-proof. But that isn't necessarily the best design for kids. US playground... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 112 views • 5:44

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 775 views • 14:24

YouTube description: Why does shaken soda explode? Does ice melt first in fresh or salt water? This video features experiments that have been shown to me by science teachers over the years. Does... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months ago • 991 views • 13:59

"This is a VR180 video so pop on your Google Cardboard or VR Headset to be totally immersed in our world! No headset? No problem. Move your mobile phone around and catch the total 180 experience! ..."

posted by ant 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 7:04

YouTube description: It's an often told story about Apollo 12 getting struck by lightning, crippling the command module in flight and John Aaron in mission control figuring out the exact switch to flip... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 261 views • 13:55

"... It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists,... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,355 views • 13:23

YT: Time to tell a story about idempotency, computer science, and the Night of the Multiple Orders.

posted by Fantomas 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 41 views • 8:26

YouTube description: A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world's suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here's how they fixed it, and how they're... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 941 views • 5:05

YouTube description: Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 537 views • 4:36

YouTube description: Technical details about what we're doing: We're working on a time-series problem called a Sequence Classification. Recurrent Neural Networks called Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 566 views • 10:41

Computer-generated videos are getting more realistic and even harder to detect thanks to deep learning and artificial intelligence. As WSJ’s Jason Bellini finds in this episode of Moving Upstream, these... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 5 years 6 months ago • 33 views

YouTube description: Inventor Manu Prakash thinks you can’t understand Earth’s big problems without looking at the (really) tiny things. So he created Foldscope: an origami microscope that brings... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 138 views • 2:56

YouTube description: While steel reinforcement solves one of concrete’s greatest limitations, it creates an entirely new problem: Corrosion of embedded steel rebar is the most common form of concrete... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 251 views • 7:49

Everyone holds in their pee every now and then. And that's okay! Just don't do it too often, or it could lead to some serious problems down the road.

posted by BSR 5 years 10 months ago • 70 views • 3:05

Source: Vox

posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 19 views • 8:44

The network effect is Facebook’s biggest selling point, and the root of many of its problems. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO What happened with Cambridge Analytica highlights this perfectly. ... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 2 weeks ago • 520 views • 5:35