A classic NOVA episode about attempting to build a Roman tepidarium, or hot baths, in Turkey. Narrated by Stacey Keach.
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From Youtube, Sweet Home Talladega. Featuring S1apSh0es: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuyD0SAhBfxwHLvbOF3RFCg Nascar's Worst Inaugural Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5p6TajVQI8 Contents: ... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 45 views • 1:01:10For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month ago • 134 views • 3:07"Why some Americans’ votes count more than others. Watch more of our election coverage: http://vox.com/ElectionVideos In the 2000 US presidential election, the Democratic candidate got half a million... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 7 months ago • 86 views • 8:09NightHawkInLight attempts to recreate a lost supermaterial called Starlite that supposedly died with its inventor.
posted by w1ndex 3 years 10 months ago • 72 views • 21:15YouTube description: Hips don’t lie. But a hip x-ray in the Soviet Union of the 1950s might not have been what it appeared to be. In fact, if it was round, it was likely a record. Let us explain.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 361 views • 2:30Ice lost in Greenland means higher sea levels around the world. "Oceans Melting Greenland," a NASA program in its fourth year, is studying the melt. So far, measurements indicate a rate of melt exceeding... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 325 views • 3:27YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 589 views • 10:01YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 417 views • 11:31YouTube description: It's an all-out brawl for prime beach real estate! These Caribbean crabs will tear each other limb from limb to get the best burrow. Luckily, they molt and regrow lost legs in a... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,053 views • 4:59YouTube description: What do you do if you're lost in Central Park? How to always find your way out with the secret code in New York City 1800s street lights. (via laughingsquid)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years ago • 1,860 views • 2:20(H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 854 views • 5:00He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 2,029 views • 2:34It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01In 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 3 months 1 week ago • 99 views • 6:27YouTube description: Colorado is known for its beautiful Rocky Mountains, but with mountains come snow and with snow come avalanches. Breckenridge Resort has a group of 6 dogs and handlers trained specifically... continue reading
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