"... We’ve all gotten dizzy before… but have you ever gotten WEIRD DIZZY? I teamed up with Vanessa Hill from BrainCrat to answer the question 'why do we get dizzy?' and in the process we learned about... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 659 views • 9:22

"Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station 20 female mice were transported to the International Space Station by SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon spacecraft. On NASA’s Rodent Habitat, the mice engaged... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 16 views • 3:42

YouTube description: I kept getting asked about a sequence from the Apollo 11 documentary showing the ignition of a Saturn V upper Stage, known as the S-IVB, in space. After asking around I tracked... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months ago • 325 views • 11:08

This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 516 views • 4:57

Wernher von Braun explains the possibility to reach the Moon. "Man and the Moon", Dec. 28, 1955

posted by bobknight33 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 28:17

"Mike Judge's Office Space starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, and Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh turns 20-years-old this year. So we're gonna need you to come here so we can tell you 7 things you probably... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 26 views • 5:56

Space and Time, you are the real MVPs

posted by w1ndex 5 years 11 months ago • 1,881 views • 11:35

YouTube description: You probably know not to lick something unfamiliar. But there are actually a surprising number of discoveries that have been made because scientists licked things.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 768 views • 12:19

YouTube description: "People complain a lot about the space that I take up". Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the theorbo was developed in the 17th century, what it was used for, and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 782 views • 9:59

YouTube description: Many cat owners are familiar with the "gifts" their feline friends are fond of giving, but if left unchecked, this behavior can be devastating. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,169 views • 5:46

YouTube description: The Multi Axis Trainer, or MAT, is an icon of space exploration and astronaut training. But other than spinning round kids at Space Camp: what's it actually used for? Thanks... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,017 views • 3:13

Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through the darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 329 views • 8:25

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 1 week ago • 916 views • 9:36

With the large hadron collider running out of places to look for clues to a deeper theory of physics, we need a bigger particle accelerator. We have one - the galaxy.

posted by w1ndex 6 years 1 month ago • 147 views • 16:26

How it's Made - Fisher Space Pen

posted by BSR 6 years 3 months 1 week ago • 485 views • 4:41

YouTube description: Why does the exhaust from the Space shuttle boosters & engines look completely different? There's a huge variety in the appearance of rocket exhausts because different fuels, different... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 493 views • 11:26

A game of swingball in a pubic space that teaches you how to say iambic Pentameter. A famous Shakespearian text is on the lamp-post, people say two words each, hitting the ball on the accent only.

YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months ago • 566 views • 7:10

YouTube description: Fritz Lang directed an extremely innovated film in 1929 called Woman in the Moon. (Frau Im Mond in German). He hired rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth to be his technical director,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 339 views • 3:13