Global Warming is taking a rare back seat in the news right now, as we deal with the more immediate existential crisis afflicting our civilisation and way of life. But as entire countries are getting shut... continue reading
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Scientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVG8wptOOI https://youtu.be/XLI7VtjgOyk ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 171 views • 57 secsThe Ondophone - the dream of a sound that never was... At least for now, there might be a future where the Ondophone will come to real life. In this weeks episode we are taking a closer look at the first... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 41 views • 17:11YouTube description: Life is chemistry. From diatom to Diana, life is not a magical imbued trait, is a process of the physics of our universe. The precise and convoluted chemistry of life requires specific... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 508 views • 10:13YouTube description: Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 125 views • 10:04YouTube description: It’s amazing what Anne Rosat can do with a pair of scissors. This 83-year-old artist has been depicting life in the Swiss Alps through the folk art known as papercutting for 50... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 450 views • 2:58YouTube description: Citheronia regalis is a giant silk moth...though these don't actually produce silk, which is why it's better to go by their family name saturniidae. Citheronia regalis actually... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,000 views • 3:59Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic. Well there was a time -- and not too long ago -- when the world warmed more than any human has ever seen. (So far) Produced in... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 445 views • 10:54"... Step aboard Discovery and explore the space shuttle in 360. National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts & Culture have teamed up to bring a piece of Hubble’s history to life like never before.... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 10 months ago • 18 views • 6:55Both beautiful and terrifying, this is a quick look at fungi, with a focus on their reproduction. It goes beyond terrifying if you happen to be an @ant, or similar cordyceps-susceptible life form.
posted by noims 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 368 views • 4:44Mike Rowe the host of "Dirty Jobs," tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how its been unjustifiably... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 32 views • 20:03YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 152 views • 4:06YouTube description: Thierry Coursier had a good life as a logistics worker. His salary was great, his work was comfortable and he sat at a desk all day. But, Thierry wasn’t happy. He gave up his... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 486 views • 2:43YouTube description: The moon is looking more full than ever. The director Todd Douglas Miller assembles beautifully restored archival footage, blends that with audio from the astronauts and a vibrant... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 311 views • 2:41Filmmaker Jan van IJken's Becoming reveals the fascinating genesis of animal life. A single cell is transformed into a complete, complex living organism with a beating heart and running bloodstream. Observe... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 495 views • 6:43YouTube description: In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 628 views • 7:15YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 589 views • 10:01YouTube description: You can tell a lot about an animal from the way it moves, which is why scientists have been recreating the movements of an extinct crocodile-like creature called Orobates pabsti.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 441 views • 4:19YouTube 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
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