Nearly everyone has heard of the Grand Canyon and Mount Everest, but there are so many more amazing, and magical natural wonders of the world to learn about.
The top ten list creators at All Time 10s just published this compilation of 10 Lesser Known Natural Wonders Of The World to broaden your horizons. The list includes The Door to Hell, The Grand Prismatic Spring, Salar de Uyuni, and more.
CornellCCSL may have answered one of robotics’ most difficult hurdles. Making a robot that can manipulate objects as simply as we are able with our hands.
Creating a robot based on a human hand is very expensive and complex, and now Cornell Creative Machines Lab has come up with a cheap and simple solution using ‘granular jamming.’
The concept is a balloon like contain filled with a granular substance, like coffee. Using a vacuum, you can pick up nearly any object, even delicate ones. Genius!
The idea of marrying one’s cousin makes many Americans queasy, but, in a sense, we’re all related. One of the Internet’s greatest nerds, VSauce, explains that if you traverse far back enough, we all share at least one distant cousin.
This video from 2010 just went viral with week, amassing more than 200,000 views since.
Whiskey master Richard Paterson explains the proper way to enjoy a fine Scottish whiskey. And why is it called ‘Scotch on the rock?’ Because back when they had no readily available ice, Scots would go to the river bed and put cold rocks in their drinks.
You may not have ever wondered, but it’s a good question. How high can we as humans build a structure?
As per usual, one of the Internet’s great minds and nerds, VSauce, breaks it all down in an interesting, entertaining, and educational video.
