SKELETON PANDA SEA SQUIRT: A new species of sea creature that has a distinctive skeleton-like body structure and black spots that resemble a panda has been discovered in Japan. The "skeleton panda sea... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 1 week ago • 42 views • 36 secs

"... on February 19, 1968, NET, National Educational Television, a precursor to PBS, presented the very first episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, one of television's longest running shows, and one... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 5 views • 4:40

Artemis 1: Which will consist of an uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft around the Moon, where the next generation of spacecraft that will take humans to the... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 59 views • 12:48

Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading

posted by eric3579 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 82 views • 14:39

February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living and working... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years ago • 465 views • 18:27

When 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 • 16:48

Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 6 years 2 months ago • 14 views • 7:18

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 601 views • 1:37

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 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,883 views • 1:31

YouTube: February 6: On this day in 1964, Britain and France agreed to build the Channel Tunnel..

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 949 views • 5:07

For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 432 views • 2:53

In an election on February 26, 2016, Iranians can change Iran as we know it. Just DO it!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months ago • 463 views • 2:59

"A meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded only 23km above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia on February 15, 2013. Unlike previous such events, this time scientists had the highly sensitive OMPS instrument... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 9 months ago • 264 views • 3:51

YouTube Description: http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several... continue reading

posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 827 views • 20:35