An apparent case of mistaken identity in Galveston landed a man in jail for days in May after police thought the innocent patient leaving the hospital was an escaped prison inmate. There were no escapees. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 week ago • 144 views • 2:36

3 Florida police stopped a man for walking while black, apparently a felony in Florida, entered his name incorrectly, then tased and beat him for supplying a false name (he gave his full correct name clearly... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 week ago • 141 views • 14:57

From Youtube, "Well, looks like it's that time of year again. When Ben Shapiro (or anyone else) argues that rap and hip hop aren't technically considered music, they're flying in the face of basically... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 21 views • 13:55

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 140 views • 14:23

YouTube description: A fractal pattern is a kind of equation occurring all around us in nature. So what's a fractal and what does it have to do with nautiluses, romanesco broccoli, Star Trek II: The... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months ago • 442 views • 2:09

YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 week ago • 808 views • 3:23

YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 923 views • 4:46

I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 2 weeks ago • 1,216 views • 8:51

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

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

The Christmas Number One is a British tradition: but it's one that's having to go through some changes -- because not many people buy music any more. Here's how the charts are calculated these days, and... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 508 views • 3:21

At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 104 views • 3:36

The magic of mathematical transformations applied to 360 degree video, warping time and space into an infinite loop. For the adventurous, you can click or drag anywhere to move around within the spherical... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,509 views • 1:57

The human visual system is extremely complex, but it makes repeated use of some tricks that can be exploited to produce interesting visual illusions. With even a high-level understanding of how the brain... continue reading

posted by cricket 8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,207 views • 4:56

"It's never been done on the internet. You're going to learn something." YouTube: SYNCHRONIZE WITH DEREK'S VIDEO: http://bit.ly/SouthernSwirl We each repeated the experiment 3 times, and got the... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 897 views • 8:02