Train Mountain- The worlds longest model railroad and train museum is open to the public and offers model train rides.

posted by newtboy 7 months 3 weeks ago • 3 views • 15:37

From https://www.sms-tsunami-warning.com/pages/richter-scale#.X-u0B7dME0E.

posted by ant 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 162 views • 2:24

“Most of us can’t imagine what it will be like when the whole ocean system collapses,” says Colin Angus, CTO and cofounder Open Ocean Robotics, a tech startup that makes autonomous boats. The... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years ago • 295 views • 8:44

"... Sharks wouldn’t be known for their fierce teeth today if it weren’t for their ancient scales..."

posted by ant 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 3:59

The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 143 views • 10:03

From Youtube, "By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year.... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 512 views • 9:10

From Youtube, "The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two trillion galaxies made up of something like 20,000 billion billion stars surround our... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 211 views • 11:41

https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 931 views • 7:59

"... Wren uses VFX to explain Exponential Scale and how it relates to the spread of a virus like COVID-19..."

posted by ant 4 years 11 months ago • 26 views • 7:03

YouTube description: There’s no telling what you can do when you put your mind to it. Take Richard Hull, he built a small-scale fusion reactor—in a shed, in his backyard. A retired electronics engineer,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 1,462 views • 3:32

YouTube description: Continuing the series on the power grid by diving deeper into the engineering of large-scale electricity generation.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 579 views • 9:59

YouTube description: Joe Barnard left his background in videography and music production to launch his life of amateur rocketry, and he shares his DIY adventures in building rockets on his YouTube channel... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months ago • 916 views • 9:36

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 7 years ago • 408 views • 7:08

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) 7 years 2 months ago • 606 views • 8:27

Plywood 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 7 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 1,947 views • 6:44

The upsides and downsides. YouTube: Size is the most under appreciated regulators of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months ago • 575 views • 6:40

There’s no mammal in the world quite like the tree pangolin. Covered in reptilian-like scales that protect it from predators in the wild, the pangolin will curl into a ball when threatened. Unfortunately,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months ago • 2,218 views • 1:48

YouTube: I once received a lot of blowback for an Upshot article in which I showed (with evidence) that exercise is not the key to weight loss. Diet is. Many, many readers cannot wrap their head around... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years ago • 57 views • 5:53

For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 433 views • 2:53

YouTube: The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 665 views • 5:24