Precious samples collected from an asteroid are to be moved to a specialist laboratory in Texas. Material taken from what has been described as “the most dangerous rock in our Solar System” came... continue reading
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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 8 months 3 weeks ago • 112 views • 2:14An apparent case of mistaken identity in Galveston landed a man in jail for days in May after police thought the innocent patient leaving the hospital was an escaped prison inmate. There were no escapees. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months 4 weeks ago • 144 views • 2:363 Florida police stopped a man for walking while black, apparently a felony in Florida, entered his name incorrectly, then tased and beat him for supplying a false name (he gave his full correct name clearly... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months 4 weeks ago • 141 views • 14:57Pixar’s a studio that’s known for delivering quality animated classics, but little is known publicly about their development process. Indeed, the studio has a reputation for excellent quality control,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 2 months ago • 184 viewsJudge Locks Up Parkland Shooter for Life, Throws Away the Key All Consecutive And he needs to pay back all costs, including his jail time. All $ receive including commissary money receive will be taken... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 1 year 6 months ago • 318 views • 16:11What if a Passenger was the ONLY one left to land the plane? Could a passenger theoretically do it, without ANY previous knowledge or training? In todays Special video, I will go through the required... continue reading
posted by BSR 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 25 views • 31:56Why is the NRA -- a group that represents the interests of gun manufacturers -- taken seriously in debates about reducing gun violence? Source: VOX
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,061 views • 8:55At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 406 views • 7:08Bill nominates, perhaps only provocatively, James Bosnack's cigarette machine as the invention with the greatest economic impact on the 20th century. Cigarettes, as compared to pipes and cigars, are and... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 90 views • 2:41The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 801 views • 5:22YouTube description: The village of Kamikatsu in Japan has taken their commitment to sustainability to a new level. While the rest of the country has a recycling rate of around 20 percent, Kamikatsu... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 482 views • 4:13The reason they need weevil greenhouses is that the Brazilian weevils don't like Texan winters, and tend to die off over winter. If they mentioned it in this video I missed it. YouTube description: ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 976 views • 3:44YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 1,290 views • 12:21Sit down. Take off your coat. Put on this and spend an hour of bliss hanging out with Tom. IMDB: Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews viewers are taken on a trip through the surreal,... continue reading
posted by Zawash 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 63 views • 58:23I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,024 views • 10:47YouTube description: The Tusked Weta is New Zealand's equivalent of a Mouse and a worthy snack for a Foraging Pig. This Weta however is an escape artist and when necessary can take quite extreme action... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 458 views • 3:07There’s no mammal in the world quite like the tree pangolin. Covered in reptilian-like scales that protect it from predators in the wild, the pangolin will curl into a ball when threatened. Unfortunately,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 weeks ago • 2,218 views • 1:48I 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 1 week ago • 419 views • 11:27YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
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