Each 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
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https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 571 views • 10:04From Youtube, "Anti-gravity is one of those controversial subjects that some say is more in the realm of science fiction than science fact with many physicists saying it's just not theoretically possible... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 7 months ago • 117 views • 14:25YouTube 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 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,278 views • 2:37What do you get when you take a boxy little hatchback, replace the backseat with a high-performance engine, and add a turbo? You get one of the most badass pieces of automotive engineering thought up by... continue reading
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posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 605 views • 8:48YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months ago • 449 views • 9:29YouTube 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 6 months 1 week ago • 665 views • 3:27YouTube description: A new technique is allowing researchers to study the inner workings of a cuttlefish brain by tracking colour changing cells in their skin. These cell are directly controlled by... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 462 views • 6:19YouTube description: Ross MacDonald makes his paper by making paper. For the last 25 years, he’s created tens of thousands of paper props for movies and television shows like “Baby’s Day Out,”... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,158 views • 5:31YouTube description: In 1966 an SR-71 "Blackbird" disintegrated at 78,000 feet. The pilot's first thought was "No one could live through what just happened. Therefore, I must be dead."... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 1,635 views • 14:09Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 667 views • 7:38I was going to tell a science fiction story about faceswapping, and mass blackmail. Then the news broke about unethical faceswapping videos, and software designed and marketed for creating them: and I... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 1,251 views • 6:41YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 411 views • 3:56I recently had the idea for this new vacuum cannon design that many of you might be interested in. Since it hasn't been very long since my last vacuum cannon video I thought I would make this a more casual... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 16 views • 10:29I couldn't find any info on any projects like this, so I thought I would have a try myself. I thought an oven would be the perfect platform, it already has a door, space for insulation, and comes with... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 7:48After earning our pilot's licence, the first thing most of us do is take our first passenger flying. However, I think passenger management is something that the primary training does not address very well. ... continue reading
posted by BSR 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 89 views • 14:52I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,216 views • 8:51YouTube description: In a dusty, crowded shop in Milan, Italy, artist Osvaldo Menegazzi toils, as he has for decades, designing intricate decks of tarot cards. Every card a handmade work of art, Mengazzi... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 304 views • 2:11From 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
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