"Wake me up when spring is here ... Nature has had to come up with some crazy ways to survive harsh winters. But none are weirder than hibernation. Turns out there is more than one kind of hibernation,... continue reading

posted by ant 5 months ago • 14 views • 12:02

John Oliver discusses dollar stores and why Irish Spring is not his soap of choice.

posted by w1ndex 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago • 216 views • 21:54

In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 4 weeks ago • 79 views • 6:30

Montana's Giant Springs State Park, and Lake Sumiainen in Finland, have very short rivers. Finding the shortest in the world, though: that could be trickier.

posted by newtboy 2 years 1 week ago • 231 views • 3:26

How do you rebuild one of the biggest spillways in the world after a catastrophic failure with the next flood season right around the corner? This video covers the engineering and construction required... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 287 views • 20:38

"Take a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood.... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 5:23

YouTube description: Kerosene Creek is a natural hot spring near Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. And there have been official warnings for years: don't put your head under water. It turns... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 423 views • 3:42

YouTube description: Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices. SimpliSafe is awesome security. It's really effective, easy to use, and the price is great. Check out SimpliSafe... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years ago • 1,004 views • 12:52

"COSMOS is back with an all-new season! FOX and National Geographic TV’s Emmy-award winning event series returns with host Neil deGrasse Tyson in Spring 2019. The new season, COSMOS: Possible Worlds,... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 24 views • 21 secs

Ive got a bit of a Raccoon problem at my house… I built something to fix the problem. It breaks multiple local ordinances and a few international treaties, but I give you THE GIANT MOUSETRAP! It took... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 6:20

YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 1,536 views • 1:20

Most of the time, the wasabi you get in a restaurant or buy in a store is fake. It’s actually horseradish that’s colored green. Why? Well, wasabi is a notoriously difficult plant to grow. In fact,... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 125 views • 3:04

The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 37 views • 4:00

So they crushed car spring today and result was awesome!

YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,145 views • 2:59

Ugggg ... I hate when the time changes [espcially in the Spring!] YouTube: Daylight saving time is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour during the spring and back again in the fall in... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 351 views • 2:20

"Highly" informative YouTube: SciShow News shares new research into how music festivals can lead to high levels of drugs in your drinking water, and celebrates the man who created the world’s first... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 month 2 weeks ago • 33 views • 4:20