YouTube description: How many tries does it take an average player to do what professional pool players do on the first try? Your Average Pool Player attempts Corey Deuel's famous 2004 US Open draw... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,732 views • 5:07

"... an educational video produced by The Computer Museum and hosted by David Neil of PBS's Newton's Apple. Join David Neil and his four young companions on an entertaining and illuminating trek through... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 30 views • 26:32

From Youtube: It’s hard to define what makes something beautiful, but we seem to know beauty when we see it. Why is that and how does beauty affect our subconscious?

posted by w1ndex 5 years 6 months ago • 544 views • 7:37

YouTube description: Ross MacDonald makes his paper by making paper. For the last 25 years, he’s created tens of thousands of paper props for movies and television shows like “Baby’s Day Out,”... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 2,158 views • 5:31

YouTube description: We decided to see what happens when you quit added sugar because everyone's talking about how terrible sugar is for weight and long term health and all of the things.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 780 views • 11:45

Grama bay is gorgeous! Also, conversely, a place to see thousands of years of low-quality tagging from people of all backgrounds. From Pompeii Magnus to modern Albanian beach-goers, the walls ripple... continue reading

posted by nanrod 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 177 views • 8:27

YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 545 views • 7:11

"Skid Row hurt me in ways I can't ever explain. It made me do things and made see things I wish I would have never seen."

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 518 views • 8:56

YouTube description: We go hands-on with The Looking Glass, the new display from a company that's been experimenting with various forms of volumetric and lightfield imaging in pursuit of real-world... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 639 views • 13:07

Stumpy Brown is a Wangkujanka woman who lives at Christmas Creek in the Kimberley. Stumpy has seen many changes throughout her lifetime but nothing so dramatic, when as a teenager, she saw a white man... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 795 views • 5:21

YouTube description: Amazing high resolution photos of the Earth should show that the earth is oblate, but it's hard to see because the difference is about 0.3%. So here's a quick demo highlighting the difference. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 620 views • 1:43

YouTube description: How do you cool a building without air conditioning? Using an approach called biomimicry, see how architect Mick Pearce harnessed the ingenuity of termites to design a natural cooling... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 583 views • 3:42

How long does it take to learn guitar? Here is my first 1 year guitar progress from absolute beginner. I'm adult beginner and start my learning at March 27 2017 when I took the guitar for the first time... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 11 months ago • 1,630 views • 6:08

YouTube description: They may be dressed in black, but crow funerals aren't the solemn events that we hold for our dead. These birds cause a ruckus around their fallen friend. Are they just scared,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 858 views • 4:35

YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 808 views • 3:23

As an American living in Thailand, I sometimes see Buddhist (and other Eastern religion) symbols that are pretty close to being swastikas. In many cases, I think that is done without knowledge of the... continue reading

Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 666 views • 7:38

YouTube description: Researchers out of the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab have developed a novel imaging system that can gauge the distance of objects shrouded by fog so thick that human... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month ago • 1,189 views • 2:59

I'd never heard of moiré effect beacons until I got an email asking me about them. It seemed like a really clever idea - but it was really hard to research. Or at least it was, until I stumbled upon one... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,223 views • 3:54