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 2 months 1 week ago • 128 views • 3:36Videos (39) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
2023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months 2 weeks ago • 98 views • 7:32"Discover how alcohol impacts your body’s processes and causes hangovers, and find out what causes the most common hangover symptoms. The molecule responsible for hangovers is ethanol, which we colloquially... continue reading
posted by ant 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 4 views • 4:52Sewers were one of the earliest and most impactful advents of public health in urban areas, and it’s exciting that we’re still finding new ways to use them to that end.
posted by eric3579 2 years ago • 50 views • 12:10“Most of us can’t imagine what it will be like when the whole ocean system collapses,” says Colin Angus, CTO and cofounder Open Ocean Robotics, a tech startup that makes autonomous boats. The... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 295 views • 8:44When disaster strikes, the flurry of political positioning and fingerpointing can make it difficult to understand what really happened. This video provides a summary of the facts of the 2021 Texas winter storm. ... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 2 months ago • 167 views • 16:48Stephen Hawking thought an asteroid impact posed the greatest threat to life on Earth. -yt
posted by eric3579 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 416 views • 20:06YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 69 views • 2:46In most developed countries, workers have the right to a certain number of paid sick days. It’s a policy that isn’t rooted in just generosity — during pandemics like the novel coronavirus, it can... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 430 views • 6:33YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months ago • 808 views • 11:36YouTube description: After landing on the Moon, what ever happened to the Lunar Ascent Modules? Turns out they were crashed onto the moon for Science! Here are all the known crash sites of the LM... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months ago • 273 views • 12:58Electric cars are touted as a solution for reducing emissions and improving the environmental impacts of transportation, but are electric cars actually any better for the environment than gasoline cars?... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 475 views • 13:47YouTube description: A mini-doc exploring the impact and influence of the great Ms. Lauryn Hill. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month ago • 434 views • 7:59Bill nominates, perhaps only provocatively, James Bosnack's cigarette machine as the invention with the greatest economic impact on the 20th century. Cigarettes, as compared to pipes and cigars, are and... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 6 years 3 months 1 week ago • 90 views • 2:41Copper has a unique effect with magnets. It is not magnetic itself but it will generate an electric field from a moving magnet and this field directly and immediately impacts the magnet.
posted by jmd 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 236 views • 7:46The repeal of Net Neutrality is a hot topic in America, but it can be very difficult to understand. That’s why the BURGER KING® brand created WHOPPER® Neutrality, a social experiment that explains... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 955 views • 2:51YouTube description: What’s the environmental impact of online shopping and what are the solutions to make it more sustainable? (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 651 views • 5:37Whenever I hear the term "cleanse" it reminds me of that used car salesman and his late night ads selling a colon cleanse to remove faked impacted fecal matter.
posted by nanrod 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 562 views • 4:36How the Sun affects the Earth.
posted by bobknight33 6 years 7 months ago • 99 views • 4:19- 1
- »