Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading
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The toughest, most dominant canine gets the resources and respect - or at least that's the idea that caught on culturally. Turns out, that's not necessarily how it works. -yt
posted by eric3579 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,066 views • 6:02These are the entitled "Karens" of Orange County who refuse to wear a mask in public places, putting everyone at risk. These ignorant people think making rich people wear masks is the same as a knee on their neck. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 684 views • 3:27When discussing groundbreaking films, we tend to talk a lot about the vision of the writer/director. But does that leave out a part of the story? Let's take a look at the role of the editor and see who... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 460 views • 11:29Tom Scott talks about expletive infixation, which I think is absofuckinglutely infuckingcredible.
posted by w1ndex 4 years 1 week ago • 931 views • 4:58Scientists 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 3 months 1 week ago • 171 views • 57 secsYouTube description: Hi :) I’m a student in Network & Systems Engineering (Robots, networks and programming and stuff) and I built a dinosaur in my spare time. I got the idea in my head, thought... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,278 views • 2:37YouTube description: The hydra of mythology may not be as far off from reality as you think! Let's take a journey to the mall to meet our tentacled, regenerating friends!... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 296 views • 8:25YouTube description: There was so much I wasn't able to tell you. Like, for example, most of the jellyfish on display at the aquarium are born and bred at the aquarium. They do active research on jellyfish... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 1,388 views • 8:03YouTube description: David Owen reports on noise pollution, an intangible phenomenon with serious costs to human health and wildlife. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 379 views • 8:45"... I love coffee. Like, a lot. You know who else loves coffee? Astronauts! And also the people who help them do awesome things in space (I think NASA might be powered by coffee). But how do astronauts... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 124 views • 11:39On Thursday, March 28, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), during a House Intelligence Committee open hearing, responded to Trump and Congressional Republican's calls for his resignation. "You might say that's... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 4 weeks ago • 195 views • 5:14YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month ago • 1,291 views • 8:40YouTube description: You can make a movable hole in soap film with a loop of thread. It's surprising when you first see and it's fun to think about why it behaves the way it does. It's also a useful... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 512 views • 6:03Using 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 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 140 views • 14:23YT: Two: the inside and the outside (badum tshh)! But taking a more scientific approach, do bananas actually have 5 sides like all the pub quizzes say? Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist... continue reading
posted by Zawash 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 51 views • 10:07CBC Marketplace investigates the science and marketing behind popular DNA ancestry kits. Host Charlsie Agro and her identical twin sister Carly test five top brands. Find out why ancestry test kits are... continue reading
posted by eric3579 5 years 3 months ago • 1,655 views • 21:15YT: We tend to think of fossils as dinosaur bones or petrified wood, but what if we told you that there's a lot we can learn from fossilized waste?
posted by Fantomas 5 years 3 months ago • 72 views • 11:54YouTube description: Who would have thought baby electric eels would be so cute? I record their electric pulses and think about future research. Catania, K.C., 2015. Electric eels concentrate their... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 665 views • 3:27