Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions (“what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?”) using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader’s question about Google’s data warehouse leads Munroe down a circuitous path to a hilariously over-detailed answer — in which, shhh, you might…
When you drop a dangling slinky, does the top fall first, the bottom fall first, do both fall together or does the top fall and the bottom rise? Hint: It’s probably not what you think.
Robert Lanza talks on Biocentrism at the Science and Nonduality Conference 2010, likening it to a paradigm shift equivalent to realising the world is round, not flat. h/t Bikes for Fish
Perhaps you’ve punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that’s just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries … and turn almost anything into a…
By studying the properties of the universe’s largest pieces, we can learn quite a lot about scientific mysteries in our own world and galaxy.
melt your mind 