The flight between Papa Westray and Westray takes 80-90 seconds and covers about 2km. Why does it exist? And what's it like? On a rainy day in the Orkney Islands, I went to find out.

posted by newtboy 3 weeks 5 days ago • 374 views • 4:32

The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 months 3 weeks ago • 133 views • 10:03

YouTube description: Have you ever wondered what these tiny doors at the #USCapitol are for? Watch to find out. More of the story is at https://www.aoc.gov/blog/meigs-miniat.... (via digg.com)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 1 week ago • 655 views • 1:33

YT: Discover the world’s largest organism: Pando, an enormous and ancient quaking aspen, and find out how it became so huge.

posted by Zawash 9 months 3 weeks ago • 593 views • 6:28

From Youtube, "Dairy Queen has been the queen of frozen treats since the 1940's. Find out how they got their start on this edition of Unwrapped."

posted by w1ndex 12 months ago • 32 views • 4:32

From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 26:02

This very easy maze is somehow probabilistically virtually impossible for the guests in RCT2. In this video we find out why.

posted by blacklotus90 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 376 views • 12:41

Zefrank gives his True Facts about Macaques. From Youtube, "CREDITS: MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/querflote Thanks to Dr. Erin Riley, Dr. Kathryn Devaney, and Dr. Lauren Brent for their time helping ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 3 months ago • 360 views • 10:20

Can salt improve a good coffee? What about a bad coffee? Let's find out!

posted by Zawash 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 9:39

On a hike looking for rare limestone endemic plants in Death Valley, we spotted the wreckage of a plane! After several hours of hiking and many interesting plants, we managed to scramble over to the wreck.... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,773 views • 5:01

YouTube 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) 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 68 views • 2:46

In the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbender—aka... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 98 views • 6:51

From Youtube, "Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles? Creator/Host:... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 290 views • 14:44

In an exclusive interview, Attorney General William Barr spoke to NBC News' Pete Williams about the findings on the Justice Department Inspector General's report on the Russia investigation and his criticisms... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago • 9 views • 24:19

"There's a scientific reason behind your 'second stomach.' ... How is it that, after stuffing ourselves full at dinner, we somehow find room to eat again once dessert comes around? Turns out, the thing... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 10 months ago • 232 views • 4:15

YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 725 views • 5:10

From Youtube, "Anti-gravity is one of those controversial subjects that some say is more in the realm of science fiction than science fact with many physicists saying it's just not theoretically possible... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 112 views • 14:25

YouTube description: Citheronia regalis is a giant silk moth...though these don't actually produce silk, which is why it's better to go by their family name saturniidae. Citheronia regalis actually... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 1 week ago • 1,000 views • 3:59

YouTube description: Bob Ross painted more than 1,000 landscapes for his television show — so why are they so hard to find? Solving one of the internet’s favorite little mysteries.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 433 views • 10:50

https://youtu.be/PZoaKzEXzi8 It's time to meet a single-celled organism that is bigger than a tardigrade! We'll learn how Stentors reproduce, why they look like trumpets, and why some of them are just SO BLUE! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 588 views • 9:49