Vetulicolians are weird. First, they were thought to be an arthropod because of their segmentation, but due to the presence of gill slits and nothocord, Vetulicolians are now placed as stem chordates.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 weeks 1 day ago • 109 views • 2:01

300 ton dump truck 793 Cat truck running over the toyota 100 model at a mine in western australia on a xxxxx site as a demonstration what these big caterpillar trucks can do the 4x4 there was no one was... continue reading

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"The invention that's super sticky, a little picky, and easy to unstick only if you know the trick! ... ANIMATION CORRECTION: At 4:52, the negative charge should be drawn on the carbon at the end of... continue reading

posted by ant 1 month 1 week ago • 22 views • 26:20

Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago. Now, another group of scientists have found new... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 1 week ago • 38 views • 7:47

Reaching the Andromeda Galaxy in Just a Minute! Brian Cox discusses the concept of time and distance contraction at speeds close to the speed of light. He explains that for objects moving near light... continue reading

posted by BSR 4 months 2 weeks ago • 93 views

A team of witty, irreverent puppets lead Felt the Nation, a weekly newscast that reports on the latest happenings in American politics. Using a unique concoction of local news structure, Muppet Show-style... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 months 1 week ago • 47 views • 16:56

from yt: "Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones are the web's expert on maps. Be it the deserts of Bir Tawil, the maps that show how the internet works, maps used by Soviet spies, maps that are wrong, maps... continue reading

posted by makach 7 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 1:37

"... Over the last year, we at MinuteEarth and MinutePhysics have had the privilege of working with NASA's Heliophysics Education Activation Team make a series of videos about the awesomeness of solar... continue reading

posted by ant 11 months 1 week ago • 6 views • 27:10

The Ocean Kite Engine (OKE) incorporates regen kite control technology, enabling it to generate electrical power and/or providing propulsion. This dual functionality allows the OKE to not only propel boats... continue reading

posted by newtboy 12 months ago • 192 views • 10:01

Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster) This one minute film uses pareidolia as a tool to convey the importance... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 231 views • 1:01

This car goes from 0-62 miles per hour (100kph) in 0.956 of a second. This is the classic acceleration test, one that we all grew up using to compare cars. A Formula 1 car will do it in about two and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 17:05

Plimpton 322 is the name given to a 3,800-year-old clay tablet discovered in Iraq in the early 20th Century by archeologist Edgar J Banks, the man believed to have inspired Indiana Jones. Over time this... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 59 views • 4:14

I gave a talk on my Masters Thesis Project in Architecture focusing on Altering Soundscapes in Exterior Environments using Helmholtz Resonators in Ceramic Bricks to absorb Low Frequency Traffic Noise. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 4 weeks ago • 83 views • 34:05

In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 4 weeks ago • 79 views • 6:30

Hemp is a plant whose vegetable fibers have been used in the making of fabrics, the manufacture of espadrilles and in rope making. Manuel Abad was an expert ropemaker from Cornago (La Rioja) who showed... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 57 views • 8:44

Magnetohydrodynamic thrust uses no moving parts in order to accelerate water. It has been known for half a century, but it may be possible that we're only now beginning to explore it for use in Marine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months ago • 278 views • 12:11

Using math to prove women are problems

posted by newtboy 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 71 views

Odd how often those tasked with enforcing the law break them. 18 U.S. Code § 700 - Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties (1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 25 views • 59 secs

YouTube description: In 2015, what we knew about Iron Age shields all changed. And it changed in a field in Leicester... Iron Age Curator Sophia Adams explains the construction of the first organic... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 15:29

YouTube description: Adam Savage visits one of the world's most joyful places: Jim Henson's Creature Shop! While there, veteran puppeteers John Tartaglia and Donna Kimball use Gobo and Mokey Fraggle... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 134 views • 21:30