YouTube description: 1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 3 weeks ago • 317 views • 10:00

You've probably spun around a coin for fun at some point, but this physics toy uses the physics of a spinning coin to keep spinning faster and faster for up to 2 minutes. As seen on The Big Bang Theory,... continue reading

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black holes at the center of M87 and our Milky Way galaxy (SgrA*) finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity,... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 months 1 week ago • 285 views • 5:24

From Youtube, "This video is called How Would Bach Play Crazy Train? A counterpoint adaption of the classic Randy Rhoads riff. We'll use Bach's Prime, Inversion, Retrograde and Retrograde Inversion to... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 6 months 1 week ago • 149 views • 4:55

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 6 months 1 week ago • 123 views • 14:23

YouTube description: A launch mishap led to the best experimental confirmation of gravitational redshift. Huge thanks to Dr. Pacome Delva: https://ve42.co/pacome Dr. Sven Herrmann: https://ve42.co/sven ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 4 weeks ago • 805 views • 11:52

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 10 months 1 week ago • 138 views • 16:26

YouTube description: In Calipatria, California, the town is below sea level -- but their flag pole isn't. But what does "sea level" mean? Is it just theory, or is there more behind it?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months 4 weeks ago • 490 views • 2:58

YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 907 views • 4:46

Petscop, is a seemingly harmless, PS One game that never made it to market. But dig a little deeper, and you'll find there is no game. Just fake let's plays, of a fake game, telling a very REAL and traumatic... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 3 weeks ago • 59 views • 17:59

I have always pondered this. Abbott's Flatland was just the departure point.

posted by oblio70 2 years 1 month ago • 53 views • 27:07

My dad smoked and drank. He worked in a high stress job. He died at age 49 from stomach issues. YouTube: In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall had a theory about ulcers that he couldn't convince the science community... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 3 months ago • 84 views • 4:17

YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months ago • 610 views • 6:45

From YouTube: "SAFETY FIRST!!!!! Extremely Dangerous Experiment, I hold no responsibility for your actions!!!!! DEAD SHORTING A BATTERY IS NOT GOOD!!!!!!!! BE CAREFUL!!!! This is an extremely easy... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 10:01

Follow up to this video... https://videosift.com/video/Cold-Welding-in-Atmosphere He tests a couple of theories for it in a vacuum chamber.

YouTube description: Thought autotune is the only thing used to fix singer's voices? Think again! Pop Theory is a series that explores the secrets and methods of modern pop music. Want to know more... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 842 views • 5:43

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 266 views • 15:44

YouTube: We are masters at knowing how to lie to ourselves. We pay a heavy price for this self-deception.

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 388 views • 5:58