The speed of outrage: Tom Scott at Thinking Digital 2015 ~tech social media Video 11:15, published May 22 2015 20 votes
This library has most books ever published in the UK ~books libraries.deposit Video 4:59, published Sep 11 2023 10 votes
How languages steal words from each other ~humanities.languages Video 5:04, published Sep 18 2023 10 votes
The Baťa Skyscraper in Zlín, Czechia is a landmark of architecture. And inside it, the office of Jan Antonín Baťa... is an elevator. ~design architecture Video 4:15 13 votes
Long barrows are Neolithic constructions that might have been churches, or graveyards, or landmarks. And some are being built again: for the first time in recorded history. ~humanities.history Video 6:04 15 votes
At the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, you can get a product certified as bear-resistant... by testing it with actual bears ~design Video 5:46 21 votes
Near Dayton, Ohio there's a lookalike of the Wright Brothers' Model B, a 1910 aircraft with no cockpit. It's a modern plane with a very old design, and I went for a ride. ~transport Video 7:16 21 votes
Well before the first climbing frame was patented as "jungle gym", mathematician Charles Hinton thought they might be able to teach kids four-dimensional thinking ~humanities.history Video 3:43 15 votes
The first few moments of an explosion can't be simulated yet. But there's a team at the University of Sheffield working on it. ~science physics Video 6:10 12 votes
At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table; an earthquake simulator with the heaviest payload capacity in the world ~engineering Video 8:28 8 votes
The military base in Switzerland where the public can drive over the runway ~transport Video 4:18 6 votes
Every few months, when the wind's blowing in the right direction, a bottle of air is taken from Kennaook / Cape Grim, at the northern tip of Tasmania, and saved for science. Here's how and why. ~enviro climate change pollution.air Video 4:41 6 votes
Cheap, renewable, clean energy. There's just one problem. ~enviro energy.renewable water Video 5:13 5 votes
The Udbyhøj Cable Ferry across Randers Fjord in Denmark is electric-powered – but rather than batteries, it's plugged into mains electricity ~transport Video 2:51 8 votes
The treadmill/treadwheel crane sounds like something from Astérix or the Flintstones. But at Guédelon in France, not only do they have one, they're using it to help build their brand new castle. ~humanities.history Video 6:23 7 votes