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The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 3 months 1 week ago • 801 views • 5:22"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 14:01Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 64 views • 6:31Humans emit roughly 30 to 40 billion tons of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere each year. If we keep it up, Earth will continue to heat up and ultimately devastate our way of life. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 107 views • 2:18I 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) 6 years 12 months ago • 1,216 views • 8:51There’s no mammal in the world quite like the tree pangolin. Covered in reptilian-like scales that protect it from predators in the wild, the pangolin will curl into a ball when threatened. Unfortunately,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 weeks ago • 2,218 views • 1:48In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 99 views • 6:27YouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:51"A whale is gonna die." YouTube: Every choice is ultimately about whales.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months ago • 119 views • 2:36I 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 • 7:16In 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 • 3:57Soon to be extinct no doubt. YouTube: This astonishing video from Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life is the story of life on Earth over millions of years.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 196 views • 5:25I 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 • 4:48"The avocado is highly regarded by many people as delicious and nutritious, but the most extraordinary thing about avocados may be their very existence..." From http://boingboing.net/2016/04/01/in-plant-evolution-term... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 3 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:54I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 weeks ago • 621 views • 5:54Atheist YouTuber Theramin trees gives his thoughts on how to come out about anything -- not just being an atheist.
posted by messenger 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 26:01You can't, even in theory, list all numbers. That doesn't stop Vi Hart from trying and seeing what the mathematical consequences are.
posted by messenger 8 years 7 months 1 week ago • 694 views • 6:19YT-I built this tiled roof hut in the bush using only primitive tools and materials. The tools I used have been made in my previous videos. It should be pointed out that I do not live in the wild and that... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,709 views • 14:09