YouTube description: Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that still influence many fields of research today. What we know about some of the great minds of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 80 views • 10:44

That crappy Mark Wahlberg movie is actually real. Great. 2020 Sucks.

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YouTube description: Tropical storms can be devastating but at least we usually know where they're going to appear. The exception being a very strange week in 1996, on Lake Huron.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 weeks ago • 185 views • 3:42

YouTube description: You are probably aware of the fact that elephants make trumpeting noises - but did you know that most of their communication is so low pitched that humans can’t even hear it? ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 488 views • 6:05

YouTube description: Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest... continue reading

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YouTube description: A recent study has concluded that people all over the world are probably ingesting microscopic plastic all the time. Now scientists want to know where this plastic is coming from,... continue reading

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YouTube description: This Valentine’s Day, send a little love to your bacterial buddies! Our microbes keep us healthy, but some bacteria give their animal companions superpowers, like immunity to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 244 views • 12:11

YouTube description: We all know that many planets have moons orbiting them, but is it possible for those moons have little moons of their own? Hosted by: Michael Aranda... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months ago • 175 views • 2:58

YT: We tend to think of fossils as dinosaur bones or petrified wood, but what if we told you that there's a lot we can learn from fossilized waste?

posted by Fantomas 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 72 views • 11:54

On New Year's day, we said goodbye to George the Snail, marking the first extinction of 2019, and the way things are looking, it won't be the last. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow

posted by newtboy 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 276 views • 5:51

YouTube description: You probably know not to lick something unfamiliar. But there are actually a surprising number of discoveries that have been made because scientists licked things.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 768 views • 12:19

About 10 years ago, the news was packed with reports about something called colony collapse disorder — a mysterious phenomenon that involved the disappearance of enormous numbers of bees. Then, the news... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 521 views • 3:30

YouTube description: Many cat owners are familiar with the "gifts" their feline friends are fond of giving, but if left unchecked, this behavior can be devastating. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,167 views • 5:46

YouTube description: Picture this: you're gorging on leftover Halloween candy. You take a bite of a fun-size chocolate bar and instead of sugary goodness, you get a flash of blinding pain in your tooth!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 236 views • 2:59

"You'll probably survive." YouTube: If you've spent any time on the internet, you know that Australia is host to all sorts of horrible spiders and snakes. But that doesn't even begin to cover the myriad... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years ago • 156 views • 11:18

Stupid brain ... YouTube: Scientists think that evolution may not have prepared our brains for donuts, and an international research team has found out that some of earth’s oldest, largest trees are... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 2 weeks ago • 436 views • 5:59

"Gross and mean!" YouTube: If gulls just stole some of your chips while you were out trying to enjoy your lunch, you should feel lucky, because one species has recently developed a taste for live mammal... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 2 weeks ago • 40 views • 4:08

They're not the only ones. YouTube: On the 4th of July, Americans like to celebrate the things that make the United States unique, and a lot of those things have to do with our geography. That remarkable... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 1 month ago • 559 views • 3:49