Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 2 weeks ago • 275 views • 58:27

From YouTube, In this lab, they use different flow visualization techniques to help detect contraband and residues and develop trace particle detection methods... Thanks to Rich Press and NIST for... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 213 views • 21:48

Dr. Matthew Walker and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss how marijuana affects sleep. Dr. Matthew Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and is the... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 21 views • 9:40

Zefrank's True Facts about Wild Hogs From Youtube, "...Terra Mater has created a wide array of amazing full-length documentaries and they have a YouTube channel which you should check out and subscribe to! ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 8 months ago • 387 views • 8:32

YouTube description: Hold on tight, because with a stabilised camera shot and a pair of sunglasses, you're about to see a video that works in both 2D and 3D at the same time. The technique's called... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,804 views • 3:31

Summary: Fluidized beds are used in industry for various reasons. They also happen to be really cool to play with and swim in. I made a liquid sand hot tub by adding air in just the right way. MUSIC- ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 873 views • 10:03

Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with Matt to discuss Ancestor Simulations.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 16:28

YouTube description: At the University of Manchester's High Voltage Laboratory, we see what happens when a DJI Phantom 3 drone gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV - basically, a lightning strike.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 339 views • 5:31

YouTube 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) 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 299 views • 4:02

Place your bets! YouTube: Comedian Matt Kirshen tests Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye to see if they can decipher whether something is a real mechanical problem or science fiction.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months ago • 1,034 views • 2:39

YouTube description: A massive document leak reveals the secrets of shell companies. Matt Yglesias explains, adapting an analogy from reddit user DanGliesack: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikei... ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 11 months 1 week ago • 392 views • 2:07

YouTube description: Machine translation's a useful tool, don't get me wrong. But if you actually try to use it for regular conversation, it'll fall down really quickly. Why? What makes it so difficult? ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 559 views • 5:05

Yikes ... I can semi relate to Trey Parker's childhood impression of poop [Mr. Hankey anyone?]. My Grandma used to tell my sister and I that if we didn't have a bowel movement EVERY day it would back up... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 1,148 views • 2:47

YouTube Description: Matt Mira and Jonah Ray head out into LA to showcase some of their favorite local monuments to space, stopping to chat with luminaries such as Bill Nye...and Tom Lennon?

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 125 views • 5:57

YouTube Description: Just how hard was the second problem cracked by Will in Good Will Hunting? Matt Damon!And who doesn't love Homeomorphically Irreducible Trees?This video features Dr James Grime -... continue reading

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 2 years 1 week ago • 2,205 views • 4:54

There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible positions a standard 3x3 Rubik's Cube can get to. And there's 12 times more positions you can make if you take it apart. Here's the math.

posted by messenger 1 decade 2 years 6 months ago • 385 views • 10:14

A number so epic it will collapse your brain into a black hole! Yet Tony Padilla and Matt Parker take the risk of discussing its magnitude. Watch with caution. See also our video about the Googol and... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 2 years 10 months ago • 3,048 views • 9:16

From YT: We discuss the number 16 - a perfect square - and how sitting at table 16 led to something bigger for Matt Parker. In this video is Dr Ria Symonds from the University of Nottingham. And... continue reading

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,059 views • 5:35