A huge Mayan city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 months 3 weeks ago • 73 views • 2:29

In the wilderness of New Caledonia, scientists have discovered a living organism with the largest genome in the world. New research shows that the genome size of this fork fern species is estimated to... continue reading

posted by newtboy 10 months 3 weeks ago • 65 views • 3:01

I gave a talk on my Masters Thesis Project in Architecture focusing on Altering Soundscapes in Exterior Environments using Helmholtz Resonators in Ceramic Bricks to absorb Low Frequency Traffic Noise. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 83 views • 34:05

Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned structures in areas including the historic town of Lahaina, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities. Rescuers pulled a dozen people... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 114 views • 2:14

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

posted by ant 1 year 9 months ago • 162 views • 2:24

It seems the Everglades are a better habitat for pythons than their native habitat, and they are growing to record size eating the native fauna.

posted by newtboy 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 252 views • 35 secs

The biggest of instruments. Takes a half hour long video just to explore MOST of it.

posted by BSR 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago • 7 views • 29:53

From Youtube, "You are not a person, you are a planet, made of roughly 40 trillion cells. There is so much of you, that if your cells were human-sized, you would be as big as 20 Mount Everests. For your... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 313 views • 11:46

Metals have a crystal structure. But they're not one big crystal, they're lots of small crystals called grains. The size of the grains affects the physical properties of the metal, like hardness, toughness,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 135 views • 8:45

From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 324 views • 11:05

YouTube description: People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used for waterway navigation across the world. Freight is big... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 248 views • 10:37

YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 793 views • 5:43

YouTube 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) 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,838 views • 3:58

YT: Bill describes how the minimization of surface area and inertia compete to form droplets. He then shows how engineers use this knowledge to create precisely-sized droplets in a commercial inkjet printer... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 5 years 11 months ago • 733 views • 5:52

YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 weeks ago • 1,291 views • 8:40

YouTube description: Ruben Orozco Loza is an artist from Guadalajara, Mexico. He is a self-taught sculptor. He creates sculptures of celebrities and everyday people using modeling clay, silicone, resin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,444 views • 3:06

YouTube description: A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months ago • 732 views • 8:16

YouTube 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) 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 450 views • 9:29

YouTube 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) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 428 views • 10:05