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
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The F-15 was born from the difficult lessons learned during the Vietnam War. In the late 1950s, Air Force planners were confident that the advent of powerful new radars and long-range air-to-air missiles... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 1 month ago • 83 views • 14:21UC Davis and other institutions have been experimenting with seaweed added to cattle feed to reduce methane emissions. Results are very encouraging, showing reductions in methane production from between... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 1:31"Dig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches, and find out what makes it so hard to get rid of these tenacious creatures..." From http://boingboing.net/2022/04/19/why-are-cockroaches-so-hard-to-kill.html.... continue reading
posted by ant 2 years 4 weeks ago • 55 views • 5:10In this episode, I meet Kim and her rescue three-legged shepherd mix, Luke. Luke is from Cambodia with a very difficult past. He has developed trust issues with humans. He gets aggressive when people... continue reading
posted by BSR 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 58 views • 15:23From Youtube, "NERC's Space Geodesy Facility, hidden away in the English countryside, fires lasers at satellites. Because it turns out that knowing a satellite's position exactly is really, really difficult.... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 612 views • 3:17The Collatz Conjecture is the simplest math problem no one can solve — it is easy enough for almost anyone to understand but notoriously difficult to solve.
posted by eric3579 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,259 views • 22:09When 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 1 month 3 weeks ago • 167 views • 16:48YouTube description: Insane Floating Tensegrity Chair If you have ropes and wood - you can build floating tensegrity chair based on tension! It was pretty difficult project, but result is amazing! ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,477 views • 4:40Dr. Robin DiAngelo speaks about her book, "White Fragility" and systemic racism, "bringing language to the emotional structures that make true discussions about racial attitudes difficult. With clarity... continue reading
posted by alcom 3 years 11 months ago • 11 views • 1:23:31NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 341 views • 2:19YouTube description: Some of the top-selling car brands in the United States are Japanese — Toyota, Honda, and Nissan especially. But the reverse isn't true – General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 weeks ago • 731 views • 7:13YouTube description: Scientific language can be difficult to parse through for anyone not well-versed in the field. That’s where acclaimed actor Alan Alda comes in. Through the Alda Center for Communicating... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 498 views • 3:16"It’s more than just dancing around. ... If you’ve ever seen an orchestra perform you’ve probably had a difficult time looking away from the person dead center on the stage – the conductor. It’s... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 10 months ago • 16 views • 4:42Now you might be wondering why is there odd pictures of rabbits in the boarders of medieval manuscripts. Ok this is a very oddly specific thing to wonder and it’s unlikely that this is a question that... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 months ago • 96 views • 3:25The 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 3 weeks ago • 955 views • 2:51Terry Crews has more strength in one bicep than most humans have in their entire being. But how is he with spicy food? Find out as the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star enters the Hot Ones terrordome and goes beastmode... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 500 views • 21:54YouTube: How do breathalyzers work? And will there ever be a breathalyzer for marijuana? As pot has become legal in several states, law enforcement has sought a method to detect marijuana use in drivers.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 173 views • 6:31Kale chips are so easy to make it's more difficult to not make them than to make them. Rip off some chunks of kale. Mix with some olive oil. Add some salt. Spread on a parchment papered baking sheet. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 200 views • 6:13The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading
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