15 Essential Moments To (Re)Visit if You Had a Time Machine

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:40 AM PDT

Here are 15 moments in time, both past and future, that you may want to just witness before you go and do what you're inevitably going to do, and ruin everyone's universe.

US Switching to the Metric System?

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 07:34 PM PDT

(31 votes - 7 comments - 423 views)
Why are you guys measuring things in feet again?

Teaching Computers To Recognize Objects

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 07:20 PM PDT

Recognising objects and groups of objects is something we humans take for granted. For computers, this is far from straightforward. A European project has come up with novel solutions to this conundrum.

AVG Free - Help overview

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 07:12 PM PDT

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Earth Story - The Deep

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:02 PM PDT

(13 votes - 0 comments - 356 views)
A curious feature of our planet's surface is that it has two distinct levels: the dry land on the continents, on average a few hundred meters above sea level, and the ocean floor, making up two-thirds of the Earth's surface, several kilometers below sea level. Only in the past fifty years have scientists begun to explore in detail this vast region, revealing beneath the waves a landscape quite unlike the world we are used to. They have discovered a vast mountain range which encircles the entire globe. Here new sea floor is being continuously formed as the Earth's surface splits apart.

Earth Story is an eight part series

* The Time Travelers
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Time-Travellers
* The Deep
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Deep
* Ring of Fire
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-Ring-of-Fire
* Journey to the Center of the Earth
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-Journey-to-the-Centre-of-the-Earth
* The Roof of the World
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Roof-of-the-World
* The Ice Age
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Ice-Age
* The Living Earth
http://player.ku6.com/refer/nqhppkQQhL22tiGA/v.swf
* A World Apart
http://player.ku6.com/refer/MGrZvLujOXh9kjcI/v.swf

Earth Story - The Time Travellers

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:02 PM PDT

(12 votes - 0 comments - 342 views)
Geologists, who study the Earth, seek to understand the processes that have shaped our planet throughout its history, creating the world we see around us. To do so, they must reconstruct the Earth's past. Yet how can we tell what happened in distant epochs when there were no witnesses to record events? Around 200 years ago scientists first began to realize that clues to the past lay all around them, in the rocks that make up the Earth's surface. As they learn how to read these rocks, they began a journey back through time which geologists continue to this day.

Earth Story is an eight part series

* The Time Travelers
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Time-Travellers
* The Deep
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Deep
* Ring of Fire
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-Ring-of-Fire
* Journey to the Center of the Earth
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-Journey-to-the-Centre-of-the-Earth
* The Roof of the World
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Roof-of-the-World
* The Ice Age
http://www.videosift.com/video/Earth-Story-The-Ice-Age
* The Living Earth
http://player.ku6.com/refer/nqhppkQQhL22tiGA/v.swf
* A World Apart
http://player.ku6.com/refer/MGrZvLujOXh9kjcI/v.swf

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Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:50 PM PDT

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Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT

From the smallest sea horse to a naturally decaffeinated coffee tree, the International Institute for Species Exploration's annual top 10 list proves that Earth is still full of bizarre and fascinating plants and animals awaiting human discovery.

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Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:24 PM PDT

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Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:14 PM PDT

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