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Triton is an underwater breathing apparatus that looks from a James Bond or Star Wars movie. Problem is - it cannot possibly work. Massive debunkage in the video. YT: So over the last couple of weeks... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 234 views • 17:43YouTube: Today we take a look at six misconceptions about cancer that seem plausible, but just don't hold up.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months ago • 151 views • 9:41YouTube: At least one entire class of dinosaurs seems to have had feathers -- including velociraptors, and probably T. rex. Find out how we know, and how we even know what color some of them were!
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 4:43Some are having fun trying [or so it seems]. YouTube: There are a lot of nuclear weapons on Earth, so many that we often say it’s enough to “destroy the world several times over.” But could we?... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 177 views • 2:43"A ballpoint pen seems simple: press a button you can write, press again and put it in your pocket. Yet inside a clever mechanisms turns that simple push into all sorts of other motions. This video uses... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 560 views • 4:44This seems way more useful than the finger-counting method I was taught.
posted by nock 8 years 10 months ago • 306 views • 1:10Mine seems to be mute.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 145 views • 2:59Say what? YouTube: How can just two rules of Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity lead to seemingly paradoxical changes in the perception of time?
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months ago • 607 views • 5:46Seemingly incessant winter? Not here in the Pacific[not so]WET where winter never came.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 26 views • 4:31YouTube: Finally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end is nigh. We're talking not only about the end of Crash Course Big History, but also the end of everything. The end of humanity and the end... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 71 views • 13:31From cereal to ice cream to cocktails, it seems that strawberries are served with just about everything. But it wasn't always this way. Today, Americans eat four times as many strawberries as they did... continue reading
posted by enoch 9 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 644 views • 4:42YouTube: The colorful, acrobatic dragonfly may seem familiar, but this stunning macro film reveals the mysteries behind its metamorphic life cycle—and some surprising adaptations.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 63 views • 14:55Job security much? YouTube: New York's pay phones may seem outdated, but we hung out with a couple of technicians who showed us the hi-tech secret hiding on every block
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months ago • 314 views • 3:15Seems about right.
posted by nock 9 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 844 views • 1:13"As crazy as it seems, technology has begun to rewire our nervous system and our brains are being triggered in a way they never have before in history."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 747 views • 3:16In summery, Destin wants us to "love the mantis shrimp". I dunno ... seems too violent for my particular taste [though the slo-mo stuff is riviting].
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months ago • 804 views • 7:21"To be a great artist, one must be ready to fail," is just some of the advice offered up by performance artist, Marina Abramović in this recent interview. This idea of failure echoes Samuel Beckett... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 456 views • 8:46In which Hank Green attempts to explain the revolution going on in Egypt (seemingly again). From YT: The situation in Egypt is extremely complicated and changing constantly. The arguments between... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 11 months ago • 1,794 views • 7:42"These beads seem to levitate, defy gravity and jump out of the beaker. But how and why do they act like this? We met up with Steve Mould, the science guy from Britain's Brightest, to explore the science... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 11 months 1 week ago • 199 views • 5:15