"... In 1971, three student teachers in Minneapolis, MN created a little computer game about westward expansion in the United States. Over 50 years later, The Oregon Trail series has sold more than 65... continue reading

posted by ant 6 days 10 hours 35 minutes ago • 5 views • 1:26:56

The endless expanse of the ocean’s midnight zone offers plenty of room to stretch out. Here, some animals can grow to great lengths. Siphonophores are gelatinous animals composed of specialized parts... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month ago • 126 views • 3:36

Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster) This one minute film uses pareidolia as a tool to convey the importance... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month 1 week ago • 229 views • 1:01

This car goes from 0-62 miles per hour (100kph) in 0.956 of a second. This is the classic acceleration test, one that we all grew up using to compare cars. A Formula 1 car will do it in about two and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months ago • 131 views • 17:05

Plimpton 322 is the name given to a 3,800-year-old clay tablet discovered in Iraq in the early 20th Century by archeologist Edgar J Banks, the man believed to have inspired Indiana Jones. Over time this... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months ago • 46 views • 4:14

In this video Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses sperm production, storage, as well as a common question he gets from students: What happens to sperm cells if they are not not released? ... continue reading

posted by BSR 4 months ago • 94 views • 10:30

ZeFrank looks at the wild world of mustelids, better known as long snake kittens.

posted by w1ndex 4 months ago • 181 views • 11:29

We all know Richard Hammond loves a 4x4, and they don’t come much more legendary than the first ever road-going Land Rover, known affectionately as ‘JUE’. Richard takes us through the story of rediscovering... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 months 1 week ago • 233 views • 14:10

YouTube description: Adam Savage visits one of the world's most joyful places: Jim Henson's Creature Shop! While there, veteran puppeteers John Tartaglia and Donna Kimball use Gobo and Mokey Fraggle... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months ago • 133 views • 21:30

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 1 year ago • 83 views • 14:21

Montana's Giant Springs State Park, and Lake Sumiainen in Finland, have very short rivers. Finding the shortest in the world, though: that could be trickier.

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 231 views • 3:26

The Parkes Radio Telescope, part of CSIRO, is one of the most famous telescopes in the world: and it's got a unique way of getting equipment up and down from the central section. More about the Telescope: ... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 43 views • 9:15

In 2011, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, which house the Museum's renowned collection of Islamic... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months ago • 60 views • 17:44

UC Davis and other institutions have been experimenting with seaweed added to cattle feed to reduce methane emissions. Results are very encouraging, showing reductions in methane production from between... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 1:31

The US Navy has an indoor ocean that can simulate any wave in the world.

posted by eric3579 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 251 views • 20:25

The Scientist's Warning is a film about the journey one scientist takes after one of his research papers sparks a global movement to address the challenges facing our planet. Both scientists and citizens... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 120 views • 35:36

Manú National Park, deep in the Peruvian rainforest, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. The park and surrounding areas are home to some 10 percent of the world's bird species, countless... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 5 months ago • 19 views • 13:25

Enter the world of an undertaker whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town, as families navigate loss, grief and mortality. (Aired 2007) ... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 5 months 4 weeks ago • 52 views • 53:38