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A tour through time and the universe
Cosmologist Sean Carroll gives a fascinating introduction to time, the universe and why thing are the way they are in this TED talk. You don’t have to know Physics to appreciate it; just sit back with and enjoy a complex … Continue reading
The world’s most expensive search mission ends. Almost.
Its existence was predicted as far back as 1964. In what has been the most expensive search in the history of mankind, proof (almost) has emerged that the Higgs boson particle exists. This elusive particle, dubbed the ‘God Particle’ by … Continue reading
Will today’s children be a different specie?
Juan Enriquez was founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost thinker at the intersection of science, business and society. In this fascinating TED he argues that today’s … Continue reading
Is ET out there?
SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) researcher Seth Shostak has spent the bulk of his professional life searching for ET. He believes contact will be made, and sooner rather than later. He is no nut-case but a serious scientist, and … Continue reading
An alien specie is re-shaping Planet Earth
On a Geological time scale, Planet Earth is moving from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch. Each epoch lasts an average of 20 million year, so no great shakes for you or me. An alternative view is that our Planet … Continue reading
