As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 832 views • 3:38

YouTube description: Today's recipe is a little different: Cheese-curd fritters from Eliza Smith's 1758 cookbook, "The Compleat Housewife." We found it a bit challenging to make cheese curds in camp,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 49 views • 9:17

YouTube description: Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 229 views • 5:31

YouTube description: Engineers that work with fluids need a solid understanding of how they behave, and there’s one branch of fluid mechanics that plays a role in areas all across our lives. Whether... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 116 views • 10:07

YouTube description: Ever wondered what those huge numbers are at the end of runways? We explain! In everything decoded Atlas Obscura tries to explain the simple yet mysterious codes that fill our... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 491 views • 1:17

Somehow, Bernie Sanders' record of fighting for equal rights for minorities and women has come into question by the Clinton campaign when we have footage of him IN CHAINS fighting for and risking his freedom... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 957 views • 2:40

YouTube: Thanks, in part, to the generous support of the NIHCM, this month we are releasing four special episodes on Opioids. We hope you enjoy them. This week’s episode: Treatment - The best way... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 88 views • 6:43

YouTube: Opioid Abuse - Opioid drugs can be powerfully effective treatments for those in pain, but they can also be extremely dangerous. This episode explores how opioids can lead to dependence and addiction,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 149 views • 6:10

As one who stays up all night, I get to hear some spectacularly melodious examples beginning as early as 3AM. Always delightful. YouTube: You’re having a dream, and for some reason that giant rabbit... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years ago • 57 views • 2:10

I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years ago • 639 views • 4:48

I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month ago • 621 views • 5:54

This year, Pi Day is round. A rallying cry against those who would praise appearance over substance. Source YouTube

posted by cricket 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 176 views • 3:55

YouTube description: We know it as those scary Gothic-Viking-Teutonic dots, but they are so much more. Here is story of the umlaut. Produced for Mental Floss. (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 609 views • 4:02

YouTube: I don’t know why, but you all keep asking for an episode on nootropics. For those of you who aren’t in the know, those are drugs which are supposed to enhance cognitive function. Nootropics... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months ago • 231 views • 5:27

"Ants don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 345 views • 3:31

"It's never been done on the internet. You're going to learn something." YouTube: SYNCHRONIZE WITH DEREK'S VIDEO: http://bit.ly/SouthernSwirl We each repeated the experiment 3 times, and got the... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months ago • 897 views • 8:02

YouTube: Guns are one of those topics that really divide Americans. It’s hard to have a calm, evidence-based discussion. But one area where we really need to be able to do that is in the pediatrician’s... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 weeks ago • 97 views • 5:33

Dig those crazy eyes! YouTube: New research shows chameleons actively tune nano-crystals to change their color.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 5:42

"The success of vaccines is one of the reasons that people are less likely to vaccinate their children." YouTube: Fewer children in the United States are getting vaccinated. That’s bad news for those... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 382 views • 9:16

Do you believe? YouTube: Happy Holidays! Ever wonder how Santa could possibly manage to deliver all those presents in a single night? Or what gives red-nosed reindeer the ability to fly? And why do... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 85 views • 5:56