The Parkes Radio Telescope, part of CSIRO, is one of the most famous telescopes in the world: and it's got a unique way of getting equipment up and down from the central section. More about the Telescope: ... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 43 views • 9:15

The story behind the new Terry Pratchett audiobooks - my all time favorite author. Can't wait to hear them! YT: This documentary follows Penguin Audio's ambitious project of turning the entire Discworld... continue reading

posted by Zawash 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 32 views • 21:33

When humans first populated North America and how they arrived has long been a matter of spirited debate. A recent study detailing what archeologists believe are the oldest known footprints in the United... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 11 months ago • 197 views • 6:26

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 years 1 month ago • 350 views • 2:19

YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 1 week ago • 450 views • 9:29

YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with a new video explaining what is swing, a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The amazing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 465 views • 2:01

It 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 11 months 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

Tucked away in a valley in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, is this: the Green Bank Radio Telescope, the largest steerable radio telescope in the world. And there are some rather special rules... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 589 views • 5:50

YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23

Published on Aug 20, 2015 Radio host sounds off about 2016 politics on 'Hannity' Watch Sean Hannity talk about Elections, Presidential Primaries, and Republicans on Hannity.

posted by bobknight33 9 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 8:45

YouTube Description: Grammy-awarded musician, producer and self-proclaimed "musical genius" Chilly Gonzales has worked with the likes of Daft Punk, Drake, Feist or Peaches. Now German radio station... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 2 months ago • 559 views • 4:33

YouTube Description: British physicist Brian Cox is challenged by the presenter of Radio 4's 'Life Scientific', Jim Al-Khalili, to explain the rules of quantum mechanics in just a minute. Brian succeeds;... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,283 views • 1:25

From YT: How does a transistor work? Our lives depend on this device. When I mentioned to people that I was doing a video on transistors, they would say "as in a transistor radio?" Yes! That's exactly... continue reading

posted by mxxcon 1 decade 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 55 views • 6:00

This is taken from a radio show called Science Friday. This is about a couple who were inspired to design and build their own tiny house with mobility because they were tired of paying 1200 monthly in... continue reading

posted by Issykitty 1 decade 1 year 8 months ago • 5,394 views • 4:37