I compare a sample of heavy oxygen water to heavy hydrogen water.
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I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 419 views • 11:27We love wood here at The Slingshot Channel. It is our most important raw material by a great margin. When we found this 20" piece of European Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) while cleaning up the shed, we immediately... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 203 views • 13:07"Tardigrades, also referred to as "water bears," are eight-legged microscopic animals that are seemingly impossible to kill, having been found everywhere from Antarctica to the deep sea."
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,101 views • 4:10YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26Hot and cold water sound different when you pour them. When Steve pitched this to me, I didn't believe it, and then he sent me a couple of sound files, at which point I knew this was going to be the first... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 496 views • 2:38Scientists are trying to determine the potential dangerous effects of introducing water into a pressurized pocket of magma underground.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months ago • 269 views • 2:23Caesium is an alkali metal and has physical and chemical properties similar to those of rubidium and potassium. The metal is extremely reactive and pyrophoric, reacting with water even at −116 °C (−177... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months ago • 716 views • 7:36In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 99 views • 6:27From 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 3 months 1 week ago • 1,883 views • 1:31YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,535 views • 1:20This video, courtesy the Illinois Geological Survey, shows how earthquake liquefaction can affect buildings and buried structures. The concept presented is elementary but will provide you a basic understanding... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 817 views • 1:14YouTube: For a long time we thought the Moon was completely dry, but it turns out there are actually three sources of lunar water.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 385 views • 6:04YouTube description: The archerfish hunts by spitting water at terrestrial targets with weapon-like precision, and can even tell human faces apart. Is this fish smarter than it looks? ---+ Read the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months ago • 192 views • 3:36YouTube: Switzerland has a reputation for being... not paranoid, exactly, but certainly careful with their own safety. Zurich exemplifies this: not just with its fallout shelters, but with an entire backup... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,690 views • 2:10Published on Nov 6, 2016 Urine is mainly water (at least 95 percent), but the rest is a surprisingly complicated brew of components that include urea, chloride, sodium, potassium, creatinine and other... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 66 viewsYouTube description: 1 tablespoon of olive oil destroys half an acre of waves on this lake. What The Physics?! (via digg, H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 618 views • 3:55YouTube description: In the slums of Lima, he's found a way to turn fog into water.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 473 views • 1:36