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
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Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned structures in areas including the historic town of Lahaina, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities. Rescuers pulled a dozen people... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months 1 week ago • 113 views • 2:14The Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco is famously tilting and sinking into the ground. How does geology affect the design of skyscraper foundations, and what is being done to fix... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 99 views • 13:32The story behind the most fascinating, hilarious and dramatic quests to find a mate and leave a lasting legacy. Some species need to overcome the challenges of a vast environment just to find a member... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 5 views • 3:18Metals have a crystal structure. But they're not one big crystal, they're lots of small crystals called grains. The size of the grains affects the physical properties of the metal, like hardness, toughness,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 8 months ago • 135 views • 8:45In this video we dive deep into some of the more glaring errors in the design of Champlain Towers South and explore the most likely origin of the collapse from a structural engineering perspective. The
posted by BSR 2 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 17 views • 41:17Dr. Robin DiAngelo speaks about her book, "White Fragility" and systemic racism, "bringing language to the emotional structures that make true discussions about racial attitudes difficult. With clarity... continue reading
posted by alcom 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 11 views • 1:23:31YouTube description: There’s something you probably heard a lot in biology class. And no, it's not “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell”...
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 56 viewsWriting in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. This pocket of ionized gas, a plasma structure... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,195 views • 6:40YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months ago • 69 views • 2:46Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 877 views • 3:16YouTube description: Let's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and others that do... something... that we'll figure out someday... probably.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 166 views • 11:31YouTube description: Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 537 views • 4:36YouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 1,280 views • 8:24YouTube description: A quick overview of how we build underwater structures.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 427 views • 8:18YouTube description: Rising to a height of 1.3 kilometres, Dubai Creek Tower is set to become the tallest man-made structure in history. For more by The B1M subscribe now: http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 693 views • 4:56YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,291 views • 8:40YouTube description: In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 628 views • 7:15YouTube 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 2 weeks ago • 399 views • 3:03YouTube description: Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And fluids don’t always behave the way you’d expect. On this... continue reading
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