Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months ago • 985 views • 2:32

YouTube description: Engineers at MIT and Penn State University have found that under the right conditions, ordinary clear water droplets on a transparent surface can produce brilliant colors, without... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 399 views • 3:03

"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 14:01

YouTube description: Isn't it a problem to handle powerful magnets with iron in our blood? Let's find out! This video was sponsored by https://brilliant.org/Brainiac75/ The D200xH50 mm neodymium... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months ago • 684 views • 9:46

Star Talk host, Hayden Planetarium director, and astrophysicist extraordinaire Neil deGrasse Tyson has a brilliant knack for breaking down big scientific ideas to the masses. But can he keep his facts... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 weeks ago • 96 views • 26:04

Brilliant Earth has scammed thousands of customers They claim to: 1) Provide their customers with the exact origin of their diamonds, and 2) Track their diamonds from mine to consumer- making sure... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month ago • 1,739 views • 5:02

It's been a long time since I did a linguistics video, but today Alex has stepped in and done a brilliant job. Song translations usually suck: and it's because you either have to lose the meaning or the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 328 views • 4:25

At YouTube Space New York, there's the Mixed Reality lab: a virtual reality setup using an HTC Vive, a third controller, and some fancy compositing equipment. It's brilliant, and I got to visit and look... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 104 views • 4:26

Inuktitut syllabics are brilliant. A writing system that's not an alphabet, but something really clever: an abugida, one designed from scratch for a language very unlike anything European. /YT

posted by notarobot 7 years 8 months ago • 84 views • 4:06

Ultraviolet diving, fluorescent diving, or "flo-diving", is becoming increasingly popular, for the simple reason that it can be a spectacular experience. Underwater Kinetics' tech expert Dr. Fred Fischer... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years ago • 24 views • 5:06

YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32

Brilliant!

posted by brycewi19 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 419 views • 8:30

From YT: "In a hilarious talk capping off a day of new ideas at TEDxNewYork, professional funny person Will Stephen shows foolproof presentation skills to make you sound brilliant -- even if you are literally... continue reading

posted by blackfox42 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,763 views • 5:56

Simple. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

posted by hpqp 1 decade 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 2,106 views • 3:14