In a quiet corner of Kent State University, scientists are exploring innovative ways to study the past. We joined our friends at Gizmodo to visit Kent State University's Experimental Archaeology lab, where... continue reading
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We went inside this exclusive R&D lab to see an engineering marvel that's about to shake up Silicon Valley.
posted by bobknight33 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 11:52YouTube description: We owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months ago • 834 views • 7:44"... I met Molly Burke a few months ago. She’s awesome. I absolutely love what she’s done on YouTube to bring awareness to living with disability, and turning it into ability. And her guide dog Gallop... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 9 months ago • 90 views • 16:32YouTube description: People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months ago • 860 views • 2:34"... After seeing his picture on World Book Day we invited 'Mini Mark' to Guinness World Records HQ. He underwent intensive training with Mark 'Big Mark' McKinley, to become Guinness World Record's Unofficial... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 10 views • 4:30YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,838 views • 3:58YouTube description: Dig in to the history of the Roman Empire’s staged gladiatorial naval battles and how they flooded the Colosseum to reenact famous battles. Starting in 80 CE, residents of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 428 views • 4:20“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 4 years 11 months ago • 168 views • 20:41"... The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up close, everyone’s eye color is a kaleidoscope of shapes and hues. How does eye color work? The answer... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 543 views • 6:21How fake news continues to fail to see reality of the Muller report
posted by bobknight33 5 years 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 5:15YouTube description: Even though you can see purple, there's no purple light. This also explains why we can use a colour wheel when the electromagnetic spectrum is linear. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 weeks ago • 897 views • 4:52YouTube description: You can make a movable hole in soap film with a loop of thread. It's surprising when you first see and it's fun to think about why it behaves the way it does. It's also a useful... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 512 views • 6:03YouTube description: The Yucatan peninsula is one of the busiest tourist destinations in the world and every year just offshore from Cancun, the largest fish in the ocean aggregates in vast numbers to feed. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 761 views • 5:26The wet season started and so fire related projects are harder to do. So I planted this years crop of yams using a different technique. The stones covering the mounds protect the yams from predators such... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 470 views • 6:48YouTube 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) 5 years 4 months ago • 449 views • 9:29YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 426 views • 10:05YouTube description: 50 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 526 views • 5:47Hi! I took my African Ancestry DNA Test hoping for certain results, but could have never guessed what the actual results turned out to be. Watch to see my live reaction!!
posted by bobknight33 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 232 views • 12:25