Richard Feynman: The Pleasure of Fnding Things Out
THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT, Richard Feynman Interview (1981) BBC Horizon/PBS Nova THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT, Richard Feynman Interview (1981) Fifty minutes of PURE Feynman! This is the original Horizon Nova interview – essential for any Feynman fan… and for everyone else too! “I’m an explorer, OK I like to find out!”...
Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony
Michael Gazzaniga: An interview with the neuroscientist and professor of psychology
Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony (NYT)
Time & Space & the Universe
From National Geographic via Visual.ly
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How to Forecast Weather
We first looked at this back in 2010, but with sailing weather a mere 3 months away, its time to bring this back: > > Full graphic after the jump > click for giant version via Daily Infographic
"Fracking Would Emit Large Quantities of Greenhouse Gases"
Another reason to be suspicious of fracking: Fracking Would Emit Large Quantities of Greenhouse Gases, by Mark Fischetti, Scientific American: Add methane emissions to the growing list of environmental risks posed by fracking. Opposition to the hydraulic fracturing of deep...
Doctor Who Timeline
So awesome! Enormous infographic from the CableTV.com: > click for truly ginormous graphic Crazy awesome! Hat tip Cool Infographics
Bear Tagging
Its Friday — here’s an overwhelming amount of cute:
Hat tip Yves
Earth: Peak to Depth
Madness! click for ginormous graphic > Source OurAmazingPlanet.com, Exploring the wonder and beauty of planet Earth through exclusive news, features and images.
This Small Blue Marble
NASA calls the photo below (via Good) “the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date.” It is a spectacular reminder of the small blue marble called planet Earth, and what we humans can accomplish when we cooperate and work together towards a common goal. Regardless of your beliefs system or chosen faith,...
Quantum Levitation
Video courtesy of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), representing the science center and museum field worldwide. To learn more, visit www.astc.org. Follow us on Twitter: @ScienceCenters. (Hat tip Michael G!) Tel-Aviv University demos quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field (www.quantumlevitation.com). For an explanation of the physics behind this demonstration, visit www.quantumlevitation.com/levitation/The_physics.html. With the...
Two Record-Breaking Black Hole Behemoths Spotted
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3 Questions: Black Holes
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Two Record-Breaking Black Hole Behemoths Spotted
Discovery News, December 2011
