The Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco is famously tilting and sinking into the ground. How does geology affect the design of skyscraper foundations, and what is being done to fix... continue reading

posted by eric3579 8 months 4 weeks ago • 99 views • 13:32

This district should serve as a reminder to you of what happens under socialist leadership. This is what all of America will look like if you allow leftists to continue to control and take over your country.... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 1 week ago • 23 views • 6:46

How to destroy a people Vote Democrat, Become Liberal Lean toward Socialism Become a Socialist nation become Venezuelans like Destroy the country and its people Leaders eat like kings while... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 45 views • 45:03

At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there's a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They're used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here's how.

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 769 views • 3:59

From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,799 views • 1:31

In this small city near San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living by a thousand to one. There's some gruesome history here - and a few questions for the future.

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 21 views • 2:45

YouTube description: John Reber had a plan: to dam the San Francisco Bay. He convinced some politicians - and it took the US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bay Model they built in Sausalito, to prove... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,412 views • 4:34

At Autodesk's Pier 9 workshop in San Francisco -- and no, this isn't an ad, pull down the description for more! -- there are giant robot arms using welders to 3D print with stainless steel. Which seemed... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 781 views • 4:51

YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23

YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 493 views • 4:02

I'd be looking out for a killer backhand! YouTube: San Quentin prison sits on a secluded bay just north of San Francisco and inside the walls hosts the largest death row population in the United States.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 147 views • 7:03

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 169 views • 2:56

A guide demonstrates what you can do with a real image from a giant concave mirror at the San Francisco Exploratorium.

posted by eric3579 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,855 views • 2:17

Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41