There's an MRI scanner in Cardiff that can look at how the brain's wired up: your connectome. It's nowhere close to science fiction singularity brain-uploading, but it might well be part of unlocking new... continue reading
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For 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 6 years 10 months ago • 95 views • 2:39YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-spot-a-misleading-graph-lea-gaslowitz When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months ago • 1,787 views • 4:10James May explains why trains can't go uphill very well (unless it's a cog railway of course :) )
posted by blackfox42 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,037 views • 5:04Most 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 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 105 views • 6:41YouTube description: The Park-Car was invented by Brooks Walker in the 1930s and patented in the 1950s. The car included a fifth wheel that allowed it to rotate in and out of parking spaces, as well... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 500 views • 1:31Miss Info investigates how the Jamaican beef patty became a NYC icon. As the flaky meat turnover has infiltrated all aspects of city life—found in mom-and-pop bakeries, bodegas, pizza shops, and even... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 258 views • 12:06After earning our pilot's licence, the first thing most of us do is take our first passenger flying. However, I think passenger management is something that the primary training does not address very well. ... continue reading
posted by BSR 7 years ago • 89 views • 14:52YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 634 viewsJohn Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 419 views • 11:27YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 5:48YouTube: I once received a lot of blowback for an Upshot article in which I showed (with evidence) that exercise is not the key to weight loss. Diet is. Many, many readers cannot wrap their head around... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 57 views • 5:53This goblet is made using filigrana, a style of blown glass made with colorless, white, and sometimes colored canes that originated on the island of Murano in the 16th century. The canemaking and glassblowing... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 262 views • 10:27In 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 1 week ago • 99 views • 6:27Works for me as an anti inflammatory which aids in pain relief for my knees. YouTube: When most people hear about marijuana, they think about the high caused by THC. But what if marijuana didn’t cause... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 229 views • 5:02YouTube description: In Bremen, Germany, there's a tower more than a hundred metres high: it's called the Fallturm, or the Drop Tower. If you want a cost-effective way to test an experiment in microgravity... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 299 views • 4:02YouTube: Do you like drinking milk or chatting with your friends? Well, you can enjoy those because of the evolution happened over the past million years, and we are still evolving. Let's find out what... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 3:51We have another very special episode today! Marie Schultz, from Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY, shares with us a very simple but absolutely delicious recipe for fresh pork sausage. Marie... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 43 views • 8:13