YouTube description: On the river Rhine in Switzerland, there are reaction ferries: boats with no engine, no paddles, no onboard motive power at all. Here's how they work -- and a question about what... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 601 views • 2:30

YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 923 views • 4:46

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 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,947 views • 6:44

YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 634 views • 6:45

For the past 50 years, kung fu master Li Liangui has been contorting his body into seemingly impossible positions as he practices one of the more unusual Chinese martial arts. The 70-year-old is an expert... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 week ago • 334 views • 2:18

I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 419 views • 11:27

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

Similar to http://videosift.com/video/CrazyRussianHacker-shows-a-simple-way-to-make-clear-ice using a rectangular cooler and showing how to make clear ice in a block, rectangular prism, and a sphere.

posted by CrushBug 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 889 views • 5:02

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posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,195 views • 3:28

We have another very special episode today! Marie Schultz, from Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY, shares with us a very simple but absolutely delicious recipe for fresh pork sausage. Marie... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 43 views • 8:13

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16

Via YouTube: A new study led by the U.K.’s Queen Mary University has found that even relatively simple animals like bumblebees can teach other how to perform somewhat complex tasks such as pulling a... continue reading

posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 595 views • 1:11

I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,388 views • 4:32

"Urushiol oil in poison sumac, poison oak, and poison ivy may produce a severe skin rash. Timely urushiol removal can prevent poison ivy skin reaction. The key is to understand how poison ivy works... ... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 1,239 views • 5:14

I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It's roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 567 views • 4:17

YouTube description: Ever wondered what those huge numbers are at the end of runways? We explain! In everything decoded Atlas Obscura tries to explain the simple yet mysterious codes that fill our... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 491 views • 1:17

Ultraviolet diving, fluorescent diving, or "flo-diving", is becoming increasingly popular, for the simple reason that it can be a spectacular experience. Underwater Kinetics' tech expert Dr. Fred Fischer... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 5:06

Know a simple way to solve Sudoku puzzles? If there is, let someone know! YT: Hackerdashery #2 Inspired by the Complexity Zoo wiki: https://complexityzoo.uwaterloo.ca/Co... For more advanced... continue reading

posted by Lumm 8 years ago • 912 views • 10:44