YouTube: Adam explains how today's copyright laws hinder creative progress and why Disney is to blame.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 810 views • 2:52

From YT: Please sign the pledge today to help expose the truth behind the slow loris pet trade: http://www.ticklingistorture.org

posted by iaui 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 486 views • 3:10

YouTube: Today, NASA announced that there is...occasionally...flowing, liquid water on the surface of Mars. What?!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 779 views • 5:02

YT: Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 11 months ago • 263 views • 13:49

"From the axe, which originated in 1,000,000 BC, to today's killer drones, mankind's use of weapons has been varied and incredibly inventive." -- The Atlantic

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 8 years 12 months ago • 345 views • 2:18

"Exercising stimulates bone remodeling and ultimately bone strength." uhoh YouTube: Today Hank explains the skeletal system and why astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are out in space studying... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years ago • 31 views • 10:38

Life as a rare fruit collector Helton Josue Teodoro Muniz is a rare fruit collector. He has planted and cultivated over 1,300 species in his six hectare garden in Campina do Monte Alegre, in the state... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 718 views • 4:19

"Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Join me today in studying... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 9 years 2 months ago • 1,094 views • 8:25

"We named the whole shebang after the sun." YouTube: In today's Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes a look at the explosive history of our cosmic backyard. We explore how we went from a giant ball of... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 110 views • 10:17

From cereal to ice cream to cocktails, it seems that strawberries are served with just about everything. But it wasn't always this way. Today, Americans eat four times as many strawberries as they did... continue reading

posted by enoch 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 644 views • 4:42

Some explanations why people don't worry about future consequences of their actions today.

posted by newtboy 9 years 5 months ago • 620 views • 7:34

This is the follow on to the first video---http://videosift.com/video/The-precision-repair-of-a-wooden-boat--- Here, he finishes off the bow of the boat. It's a beautiful piece of work, on a wooden... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 9 years 5 months 1 week ago • 700 views • 3:45

YouTube: Why do people sometimes do bad things just because someone else told them to? And what does the term Groupthink mean? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about the ideas... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 6 months 1 week ago • 167 views • 10:08

YouTube Description: So what does perception even mean? What's the difference between seeing something and making sense of it? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us some insight... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 2 months ago • 205 views • 10:00

"Mr. Feenie talks about how people of today's generation values pop culture and technology more than a solid education." From http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1u8rku/boy_meets_world_being_real_as_fuck/... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 4 months 2 weeks ago • 375 views • 1:46

New crazy applications for 3D printing in coming decades, especially for healthcare, well beyond today's uses of building toys and tools.

posted by messenger 1 decade 5 months 2 weeks ago • 927 views • 3:16

Via Open Culture: Not long ago we posted the only known recording of Sigmund Freud’s voice. Today we present rare home movies of the founder of modern psychology, captured during the last decade of his life. ... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 5 months 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 2:03

YouTube Description: Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, discusses how Islamic scholars contributed to the Islamic Golden Age and how over time ... continue reading

posted by Grimm 1 decade 9 months 1 week ago • 463 views • 10:19

From YT: How does a transistor work? Our lives depend on this device. When I mentioned to people that I was doing a video on transistors, they would say "as in a transistor radio?" Yes! That's exactly... continue reading

posted by mxxcon 1 decade 10 months ago • 55 views • 6:00