Published on Apr 1, 2015 Why is it that so many people think they can’t draw? Where did we learn to believe that? Graham Shaw will shatter this illusion – quite literally - in a very practical way.... continue reading
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Uploaded on Apr 11, 2011 We shot this film a few years ago for the company Mammoet. It shows how they moved the BP Clair module on to a barge.
posted by bobknight33 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 287 views • 8:15YouTube Description: What has the highest melting point known to us? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to Audible.com/SciShow for a free 30-day trail. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 524 views • 5:26IFLScience: Still baffled by Einstein’s theory of relativity, or even the parts in the movie Interstellar when everyone experiences time differently? Well, this teenager’s explanation of special relativity... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,541 views • 7:34Some are having fun trying [or so it seems]. YouTube: There are a lot of nuclear weapons on Earth, so many that we often say it’s enough to “destroy the world several times over.” But could we?... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months ago • 177 views • 2:43There are only a few transporter bridges still working in the world. What are they for? Why weren't there more of them? And why don't we build them any more? -yt
posted by eric3579 8 years 9 months ago • 915 views • 2:21'Someone/thing' could use a chill pill. YouTube: Happy World Oceans Day! We've teamed up with the SpongeBob SquarePants team to delve a little deeper into the oceans and find out what plankton has done... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months ago • 124 views • 2:43YouTube: This week, science explains the chemical love-connection we share with our dogs, and how some of the most isolated populations of people in the world are different on the inside
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 weeks ago • 141 views • 4:38YouTube description: Make a beautiful colour changing liquid from cabbage juice, and explore the science of indicator solutions in this fun chemistry experiment for children. Download the infosheet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 3:56YouTube description: Teach children how to find the beautiful hidden colours in ink and use chromatography to solve mysteries. For info sheets and printable badges, click here: http://rigb.org/experimental/series-2/c... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 3 months 1 week ago • 276 views • 3:58YouTube: Some scientists say we’re in the midst of Earth’s sixth mass-extinction event, caused entirely by us. But some animals have a knack for surviving in a human-dominated world. What’s their secret?
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 346 views • 3:51YouTube: In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank walks us through the troubling world of Eating and Body Dysmorphic disorders. There's a lot going on here and, even though we still have a lot... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months ago • 123 views • 10:12"... war is a pretty big deal in world history so we better spend some time talking about it, at least in the abstract."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months 1 week ago • 256 views • 10:37It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world - and it would be... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 10 months ago • 653 views • 5:43Via Brainpickings. Part 1. All of history's greatest figures achieved success in almost exactly the same way. But rather than celebrating this part of the creative process we ignore it. This missing... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 10 months ago • 496 views • 5:49SciShow takes you down the deepest hole in the world -- Russia's Kola Superdeep Borehole -- explaining who dug it and why, and what we learned about Earth in the process. -yt
posted by eric3579 1 decade ago • 1,400 views • 4:01For nearly all of human history, most people were very, very poor. But something happened after 1800. Average wages began to rise. For example, in the past 200 years, the average wage in the United States... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade ago • 999 views • 3:19“Now this is a very, very important point — to realize that the world is not an illusion, that the world simply happens to be an abstraction. Out of the process, please remember we are interested in... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 4 months ago • 72 views • 3:05YouTube Description: Joe Bongiovanni discusses our monetary system and why fixing it is the single most important issue facing people and the planet. Joe explains how money is created as debt by private... continue reading
posted by Spacedog79 1 decade 7 months ago • 26 views • 46:37(YT description via Vice) You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow,... continue reading
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