The world remains in a state of shock after spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting on the island of Tonga left a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific region. With shocking visuals... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 months ago • 39 views • 4:26

It's time the news organizations began questioning the actions of police.

The Nenet reindeer herders need to move their tent every few days throughout most of the year. Every time they migrate they must pack the whole tent away, drag it across the tundra on sledges, and erect... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 1 year 4 months ago • 499 views • 32:14

"With the first documentary from MinnMax, we travel back to 1971 to tell the surprising story of how a college project from Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, and Don Rawitsch was donated to the state... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 6 views • 23:08

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

posted by newtboy 2 years 2 weeks ago • 387 views • 4:28

YouTube description: This video demonstrate how differently the air spreads when coughing. This visualizes the high importance of the World Health Organization's behavioral recommendations for protection... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 months ago • 424 views • 1:09

Scientists 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 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 169 views • 57 secs

Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 6 months 1 week ago • 876 views • 3:16

YouTube description: These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 171 views • 11:54

Why do all the pictures you take underwater look blandly blue-green? The answer has to do with how light travels through water. Derya Akkaynak, an oceangoing engineer, has figured out a way to recover... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,585 views • 3:56

YouTube description: Thierry Coursier had a good life as a logistics worker. His salary was great, his work was comfortable and he sat at a desk all day. But, Thierry wasn’t happy. He gave up his... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 1 week ago • 484 views • 2:43

YouTube description: There's an economic reason why everyone is going to Iceland lately. Gear I use https://goo.gl/qxMR2o Iz made a travel vlog from our trip too. It's good: https://youtu.be/01inM9Nc1bM ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 602 views • 6:40

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 417 views • 11:31

Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through the darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 327 views • 8:25

YouTube description: Joe Barnard left his background in videography and music production to launch his life of amateur rocketry, and he shares his DIY adventures in building rockets on his YouTube channel... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 914 views • 9:36

n Porthcurno, Cornwall, there's an old telegraph cable landing station. It's how Britain talked to the Empire -- and it's now a museum. But the technology here isn't quite as obsolete as you might think.

posted by nanrod 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 328 views • 3:57

Journalist Ashlee Vance travels to Montreal, Canada to meet the founders of Lyrebird, a startup that is using AI to clone human voices with frightening precision. Source: Bloomberg

posted by b4rringt0n 4 years 2 weeks ago • 412 views • 6:14

YouTube description: Shemika Campbell hails from a long line of limbo. Both her mother and her grandmother were limbo dancers, carrying on the traditionally Trinidadian form of dance. Shemika is keeping... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,042 views • 2:44

Jim travels to Ireland to chat with comedian Tara Flynn about the Irish abortion ban and invites a virulently anti-abortion politician to London to discuss his views.

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 673 views • 11:07