YouTube description: If you grew up watching “Sesame Street,” you know Jim Henson’s characters well. The late puppeteer brought Kermit and Ernie and so many others to life before he went on to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 4 weeks ago • 414 views • 4:58

A lot of things happen on Earth, but there are still some things that just don't ever happen here. But, that doesn't mean that what's impossible here is impossible everywhere else in the universe. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 483 views • 7:24

Morocco has 3/4 of the world’s known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food. -yt

posted by eric3579 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 306 views • 3:39

YT: I look at songs that use a sudden bar of 3/4 to 'skip a beat', including '"Heart of Glass" by Blondie, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jet, "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles, "Say A Little Prayer"... continue reading

posted by Zawash 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 591 views • 9:26

Sick.

posted by w1ndex 2 years ago • 559 views • 14:26

"NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has already descended from Vera Rubin Ridge, a region of Mount Sharp that it has been exploring for more than a year. But before it left, the rover took a 360-degree panorama... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 1 week ago • 10 views • 1:31

Polyphonic explores the start of Metal rock, to several individual songs that could be considered the start, and one point where it couldn't be any later than.

posted by RFlagg 2 years 3 months ago • 489 views • 11:39

--- 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 2 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 150 views • 4:21

YouTube description: Everything seemed normal on the second leg of American Airlines Fight 96, June 12, 1972. Captain Bryce McCormick sat back to take a sip of coffee and admire the view. Then, suddenly,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 459 views • 11:00

More then 10,000 recordings

posted by eric3579 2 years 7 months ago • 559 views • 9:59

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) 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 519 views • 8:34

Earth’s outer shell is made of two materials whose different densities and thicknesses give rise to two distinct “levels” on the planet’s surface.

posted by Mekanikal 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 773 views • 3:10

YouTube description: It’s an 1980s pop music cliche that dates back to 1910. If you listen to the first few seconds of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” (hint: listen to the Cardi B remix) you’ll hear... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 592 views • 9:26

This is the story of a rock. It was once worth fighting wars over. Now its just a rock.

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 148 views • 6:37

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 404 views • 7:08

YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 1 week ago • 724 views • 3:34

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) 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 603 views • 8:27

RIP funnyman

posted by Mekanikal 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,537 views • 10:46