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What on Earth

http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/flash/ONFflvplayer-gama.swf Great little animation from 1966 by Les Drew & Kaj Pindal from the National Film Board of Canada. This animated short proposes what many…

Make Your Own Soda

http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=148706&theme=blackHow To Make Your Own Soda on Howcast If you ever wanted to make your own soda, you don’t have to go far. Most of…

How Big is a Yottabyte

It’s amazing how far we have come in storage space for information. To think in the 80’s 100 MB was more than enough, and games…

Goliath Tiger Fish

The tiger fish is a myth to some in the Congo. It was pulled from his aquatic murky domain for all to witness one of…

Guatemala Sinkhole Swallows Building

Like something out of a comic book, Guatemala experienced a giant sinkhole that just swallowed a whole building. The picture making the rounds on social…

Where Does Your Milk Come From?

Do you know exactly where your milk comes from besides the farm. Well you would be surprised with the wealth of information that can be…

The Power of Numbers

The power of numbers has a significance in our daily lives. From the day you are born to the numbers you are assigned, they can…

The End of Civilization

http://fora.tv/embedded_player I keep thinking of REM’s song “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” Learning from our past…

Learn your A-B-Sea by James Mattison

You don’t have to be Jacques-Yves Cousteau or Captain Nemo to know your ABC’s or live under the sea. If you are James Mattison, knowing…

The Periodic Table of Imaginary Elements

Artist Russell Walks has embarked on a captivating endeavor to infuse life into the otherwise mundane periodic table. Through his remarkable creation, the "Periodic Table of Imaginary Elements.

Rotifers Just Add Water

The world of rotifers makes you wonder about the origins of life on this world and others. The possibility of finding life in the true…

Augmented (hyper)Reality: The Future of Mankind

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8569187&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1 Will mankind and machine merge together? Are we at the threshold of mankind’s greatest leap into cerebral commercialism and slave to big industry? The…

Hobbit Houses

Want to live like hobbits as in the Lord of the Rings? Well you are not alone. These rather green homes are the envy of…

Planet Posters by Ross Berens

Ross Berens has compiled the greatest collection of planet posters that would grace any wall with envy. The richly designed poster group of planets titled…

The Vampire Squid

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/flash/syndicatedVideoPlayer.swf?vid=squid-vampire-threatened-vin The vampire squid is an unusual aquatic creature that inhabits the waters and turns itself “inside out” to avoid predators when threatened. The deep…

Spiraling Skyscraper Pod Cities

Could the London skyline look so foreign in the future. The alien looking spiral skyscraper is the latest in designs to create eco-friendly habitats for…

NASA Searches for Water on the Moon

No the moon did not shift orbit. NASA’s search for water continues on the moon. Unless you live on the moon, NASA attempted to crash…

Shark Week

Shark Week has become an annual tradition at Discovery Channel spotlighting the underwater serial killer we have come to fear and respect at a distance…