The F-15 was born from the difficult lessons learned during the Vietnam War. In the late 1950s, Air Force planners were confident that the advent of powerful new radars and long-range air-to-air missiles... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years ago • 84 views • 14:21

"How can it be summer in North America and winter in Australia at the same time?! ..."

posted by ant 2 years 8 months ago • 51 views • 5:39

"... Extreme weather sometimes happens in very specific areas thanks to extreme surface temperature differences..."

posted by ant 3 years 4 months ago • 52 views • 2:29

When disaster strikes, the flurry of political positioning and fingerpointing can make it difficult to understand what really happened. This video provides a summary of the facts of the 2021 Texas winter storm. ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 3 weeks ago • 167 views • 16:48

"What different clouds mean, explained for kids. Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids! If you’re standing outside and you look up, you’ll likely see something familiar above... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 67 views • 8:03

YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 498 views • 6:19

YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 566 views • 7:10

YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months ago • 164 views • 2:48

Until recently, Canada didn't have a road link to the Arctic Ocean. But last year, the all-weather Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway opened, which meant that finally the country was connected "from sea to sea... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,383 views • 3:16

They're not the only ones. YouTube: On the 4th of July, Americans like to celebrate the things that make the United States unique, and a lot of those things have to do with our geography. That remarkable... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 561 views • 3:49

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 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 408 views • 7:08

How the Sun affects the Earth.

posted by bobknight33 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 4:19

"During a hurricane you usually hear meteorologists refer to its intensity by categories. If you don't know the difference between a category 1 and a category 5 hurricane, The Weather Channel meteorologist... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 7 months ago • 70 views • 1:51

I 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) 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,217 views • 8:51

YouTube: A very weird way a thunderstorm might kill you.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 124 views • 3:56

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, is the unofficial lightning capital of the world. There, lightning strikes occur, on average, 300 days a year. When dangerous storms approach, most people flee. But 21-year-old... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 80 views • 4:51

Is it a bird? A plane? A supernova? No! It turned out to be something else! We've also now studied the weather on a gas giant exoplanet!

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 200 views • 4:47

At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 104 views • 3:36

YouTube 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) 8 years 4 months ago • 489 views • 2:51

Note to Breitbart: Earth is not cooling, climate change Is real and please stop using our video to mislead Americans.

posted by newtboy 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,206 views • 1:57