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
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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
posted by newtboy 7 months 3 weeks ago • 123 views • 2:48YouTube description: Adam Savage visits one of the world's most joyful places: Jim Henson's Creature Shop! While there, veteran puppeteers John Tartaglia and Donna Kimball use Gobo and Mokey Fraggle... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months ago • 133 views • 21:30Judge 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 2 weeks ago • 318 views • 16:11I show you what the delayed choice experiment looks like in real life
posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 75 views • 5:40“Most of us can’t imagine what it will be like when the whole ocean system collapses,” says Colin Angus, CTO and cofounder Open Ocean Robotics, a tech startup that makes autonomous boats. The... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 295 views • 8:44MBARI sustained our commitment to ocean exploration and discovery in 2021. The year brought more challenges, but exploring our big, blue backyard always inspires awe and wonder—and curiosity about the... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 378 views • 3:16The Alamo Draft House expands your mind like a tall cool drink of the water of life.
posted by newtboy 2 years 6 months ago • 74 views • 7:49In this video we show you the new kind of artificial muscles that don't explode after puncture but just bleed without a visible decrease of performance. We also present our robotic arm. Since the last... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 155 views • 1:47Jupiter's second Galilean Moon, Europa
posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months ago • 112 views • 13:24creative persons who succeed in their life. Among the general population of the people there is only a tiny fraction of those who become famous and rich.
posted by bobknight33 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 4 views • 8:06Roger Reaves is a former pilot and drug smuggler who employed Barry Seal & ended up in prison for 33 years in 26 different prisons, in 7 different countries spanning 4 continents. His friends and associates... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 5 views • 2:39:50This is a bit of a mind-bender, but entirely worth the watch if you're at all interested in mathematics or computer science. Possibly even if you're not, but I'm uncertain. I had previously learned... continue reading
posted by moonsammy 2 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 633 viewsImagine pole-vaulting across dangerous terrain, down steep slopes and ravines. "Salto del pastor"—translated from Spanish as "the shepherd's leap"—is just that. Now a folk sport and hobby, it was once... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 2 weeks ago • 751 views • 3:53Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi has dedicated his life to ending child trafficking in India. Despite getting attacked and beaten on many occasions, Kailash remains relentless in his mission.... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 3 years 4 weeks ago • 8 views • 10:28S&H Green Stamps was one of the first customer reward programs handed out by various retailers. They were collected with great excitement by American families from the 1930s through the 1980s.
posted by bobknight33 3 years 2 months ago • 25 views • 8:07YouTube description: If you grew up watching “Sesame Street,” you know Jim Henson’s characters well. The late puppeteer brought Kermit and Ernie and so many others to life before he went on to... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 439 views • 4:58YouTube description: On the surface, Ophyroglena seems like it should be pretty easy to identify, but it all depends on which stage of life it's currently in.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 118 views • 8:38Each season has its own distinctive flowers, and in Japan early May sees the wisteria blossom. Many people travel at that time to see fine examples of wisteria, a spreading vine that can be arranged over... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 388 views • 4:28