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At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 408 views • 7:08YouTube description: This is Barsha Pump, it's a new water pump created by aQysta. "Barsha" means rain in Nepalese and the pumps are being made available across Nepal, Indonesia, Zambia and 9 other countries. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 739 views • 3:19YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading
posted by nanrod 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 524 views • 9:05YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 606 views • 8:27During the evacuation of Gallipoli by the Allies, which started in December 1915, an ingenious invention was constructed on the battlefield by ANZAC forces to deceive the ottoman enemy into thinking a... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 102 views • 2:08Calcium carbide and water are being mixed in the milk jugs, which react together to produce acetylene gas. Acetylene is very explosive and is what is being ignited on these cases.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 729 views • 5:27Hydraulic transients (also known as water hammer) can seem innocuous in a residential setting, but these spikes in pressure can cause major damage to large pipelines and industrial pipe networks. In this... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,829 views • 7:40Brian explains why exactly it is that the Netherlands aren't under water. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 1,190 views • 7:15https://youtu.be/mbKAwk-OG_w Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal? Ever notice how cereal clumps up in your bowl, or how cereal sticks to the edges of the bowl? Bubbles in beverages... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months ago • 1,107 views • 5:36He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 2,029 views • 2:34"... Let's face it! The world hates fire ants. It is not hard to understand why seeing as they are a major domestic pest in many countries, as well as a very dangerous agricultural pest, like in the Unites... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 296 views • 15:53YouTube description: What do all those bodies of water really mean? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards travels through the map to define bodies of water. Find Phil Edwards on Facebook... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,336 views • 5:15Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 week ago • 249 views • 7:24The key to making a juicy chicken breast is to not use powdered chicken. The trick is to use dry chicken, then dunk it in water. Mmmm.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 week ago • 98 views • 3:18YouTube description: They may look serene as they glide across the surface of a stream, but don't be fooled by water striders. They're actually searching for prey for whom a babbling brook quickly becomes... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 358 views • 3:34For nearly 700 years, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke, Belgium, have been training draft horses to help them pursue the local catch. Typically weighing more than 2,000 pounds, these horses are well suited... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 95 views • 2:39YouTube: Go see if Eons is for you: http://www.youtube.com/eons Other cool things about Trilobites People have been collecting them for at least tens of thousands of years, as they've been found in... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 105 views • 3:39Most of us think about erosion on the surface of the earth, but erosion can occur in the subsurface as well. In fact, scientist and engineers have a very creative name for just such a process: internal... continue reading
posted by Mekanikal 7 years 3 months ago • 105 views • 6:41Published on Dec 27, 2016 This is the story of how a tiny, magical creature was transformed into a cultural phenomenon by inventor, marketing genius and complicated eccentric Harold von Braunhut. Full... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,442 views • 16:47