The Christmas Number One is a British tradition: but it's one that's having to go through some changes -- because not many people buy music any more. Here's how the charts are calculated these days, and... continue reading
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In the event of a nuclear war, on top of all the damage from the bombs themselves, our world may enter what’s known as a nuclear winter. Could we survive it?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 416 views • 3:33I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16At Qaanaaq, in Greenland, there's IS18: an infrasound station that's quietly listening for nuclear tests — or any other large bang. Here's what, why, and a few words the man who, for years, has been... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 222 views • 4:08YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 446 views • 2:52YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 811 views • 14:23Growing up in a family of 13, Phillip Vowles learned to appreciate the effort it took to feed all his brothers and sisters. So when he started harvesting his own crop, he decided to supersize his venture.... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 645 views • 2:31I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 1,388 views • 4:32In Eastern Nevada on the top of Wheeler Peak in the Great Basin National park sit some of the oldest living organisms in the world. - https://facebook.com/atlasobscura
posted by newtboy 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 43 views • 3:57I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It's roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 567 views • 4:17YouTube description: Today's recipe is a little different: Cheese-curd fritters from Eliza Smith's 1758 cookbook, "The Compleat Housewife." We found it a bit challenging to make cheese curds in camp,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months ago • 49 views • 9:17YouTube description: Me, I'm deaf already! NOTE: Depending on the quality you can play the video back at, your particular speakers/headphones/sound card setup, and even the down sampling YouTube... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months ago • 1,626 views • 1:27As your country's top spy, you must infiltrate the headquarters of the evil syndicate, find the secret control panel, and deactivate their death ray. But your reconnaissance team is spotty, and you have... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 279 views • 4:01YouTube description: Ever wondered what those huge numbers are at the end of runways? We explain! In everything decoded Atlas Obscura tries to explain the simple yet mysterious codes that fill our... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 491 views • 1:17I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 12 months ago • 639 views • 4:48Made from choux pastry, profiteroles are a classic dessert from the 80's. Gordon's take are filled with chantilly cream and topped with chocolate sauce. Beautiful. From Gordon Ramsay's The F Word
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 2 weeks ago • 624 views • 2:27YouTube description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months ago • 1,003 views • 5:31