Lefties lose big time -- but this was a forgone conclusion to those who think.

posted by bobknight33 2 months 2 weeks ago • 10 views • 44 secs

You’re alive right now… at least I’m pretty sure you are. But you’re not TOTALLY alive. Bits of you are always breaking down, being thrown out, and being replaced. Even right now, parts of you... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 81 views • 13:12

The multiverse hypothesis or theory holds that a group of multiple universes (possibly infinite universes) comprise everything that exists: The entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 143 views • 10:03

YouTube description: Inventor Manu Prakash thinks you can’t understand Earth’s big problems without looking at the (really) tiny things. So he created Foldscope: an origami microscope that brings... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 138 views • 2:56

"I might casually say: 'you're crazy'." YouTube: Comedian Jim Gaffigan urges us not to be dismissive. Talk to people who are different from you. Widen your friendship circle, watch a wide range of news... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 940 views • 5:41

Nooooooooooooooooooo! YouTube: If you watch Healthcare Triage, it won’t come as news fat and cholesterol aren’t likely as bad as everyone says. And sugar may be worse. What is news this week is... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 721 views • 4:26

YouTube description: There's a big fire in the building and suddenly all the sprinklers turn on -- that's not really how works. Let science extinguish this myth. How Fire Burns in Space - http://bit.ly/1OqRB5b ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 366 views • 4:02

Sadly, I too remember Ivan the gorilla. YouTube: Responding to the shooting of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, Bill Nye says the treatment of animals in zoos is plainly unethical. Yet zoos do have... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 61 views • 7:37

YouTube: You might think of national parks as a nice place to see a geyser, or a big ol’ canyon, but over the past 100 years, US national parks have produced some of the biggest, oldest, deepest, and... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 217 views • 9:38

The last thing we want to do is water down the teaching of biology because some people don't recognize that evolution happened.

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 8 years 2 weeks ago • 758 views • 3:33

YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 493 views • 4:02

A distant predecessor of the dreaded hipster perchance? YouTube: Sometimes, big hunks of strange-looking flesh wash up onshore and then people think that they’re dinosaurs or giant octopi or previously... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months ago • 18 views • 3:14

Lack of ability to cry was why I didn't gel with antidepressants. Horrid. YouTube: Dr. Julie Holland argues that women are designed by nature to be dynamic and sensitive – women are moody and that... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 302 views • 6:51

"Apparently, your biggest enemy is not lions and tigers and bears ..." YouTube: What were the first organisms to have sex? We may never know the answer, but as Bill Nye explains in this Big Think interview,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 235 views • 3:58

He's on to something here. I forgave the Sifters who were certain that I was a sock puppet. And boy howdy, I felt better. Full disclosure, a smidgen of valium was instrumental in helping me achieve nirvana... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 164 views • 4:13

EconStories presents a special event on entrepreneurship and innovation. PayPal co-founder and technology entrepreneur Peter Thiel visits the UT Austin campus to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 9 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 13 views • 51:15

"The one thing it cannot be is boring." YouTube: Sam Harris discusses the virtues of psychedelics such as LSD and MDMA. While he does not condone the use of these drugs without caveat, he does acknowledge... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 562 views • 9:00

YouTube: Michio Kaku describes how our prefrontal cortex disengages as we dream, thus suppressing the fact-checking component of our consciousness.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months 1 week ago • 124 views • 4:42

YT: Stephen Post discusses the mental and physical benefits of altruistic behavior.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 182 views • 4:33

How does economy work?

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 209 views • 7:41