Saturday, 28 March 2009

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Daily Link Splurge

A Do-It-Yourself Quantum Eraser: Scientific American Slideshows

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 06:11 PM PDT

http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=a-do-it-yourself-quantum-eraser

Jesus Christ's face appears on broken meteorite - Pravda.Ru

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:35 PM PDT

http://english.pravda.ru/society/anomal/107305-Boguslavka_Meteorite-0

Kurt Lazarus Stars In The Movie 'Satans Alley' %u2022 VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT

http://www.videosift.com/video/Kurt-Lazarus-Starrs-In-The-Movie-Satans-Alley

Peruvian mummy identified

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:27 PM PDT


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VIA Reuters: Mar. 24 - Peruvian archaeologists are learning more about a female mummy unearthed in 2004

The Ascent of Man 8 - The Drive for Power

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 05:17 PM PDT


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(The Industrial Revolution) Power in terms of politics was a matter for revolutions in the 18th century, but here Bronowski concentrates more on the revolutions as an agent of social change. In particular, the Industrial Revolution in England which improved the standard of living for many. The steam engine led to the development of the railway and helped make England the mercantile capital of the world in the following century.
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"An American Film Festival Award winner, this 13 volume series attempts a massive survey of science, from flint tools to the theory of relativity. The series, a co-production of the BBC and Time-Life Films was made as a science counterpart to "Civilization". It is given superb technical support, with two crews using innovative filming techniques, shooting in 27 countries. Dr. Jacob Bronowski makes for an unorthodox narrator, his non-scripted delivery ranging from hushed awe to trembling passion. He uses the crawling infant, the performing athlete, the development of the hunt and the discovery of fire to illustrate the most distinctive feature of man: imagination. His Scientific-Humanism is often spectacular, always provocative."

http://tinyurl.com/7zcpw2

Episode 1: "Lower than the Angels" (describes evolution of the head)
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ascent-of-man-episode-1-BBC-documentary
Episode 2: Harvest of the Seasons (agriculture and the first settlements)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-2-Harvest-of-the-Seasons
Episode 3 : The Grain in the Stone (tools, early human migration)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-3-The-Grain-in-the-Stone
Episode 4: The Hidden Structure (fire, metals and alchemy)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-4-The-Hidden-Structure
Episode 5: Music of the Spheres (the language of numbers)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-5-Music-of-the-Spheres
Episode 6: The Starry Messenger (Galileo's universe)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-6-The-Starry-Messenger
Episode 7: The Majestic Clockwork (explores Kepler and Newton's laws)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-7-The-Majestic-Clockwork
Episode 9: The Ladder of Creation (Darwin and Wallace's ideas on the origin of species)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-9-The-Ladder-of-Creation
Episode 10: World Within World (the story of the periodic table)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-10-World-Within-World
Episode 11: Knowledge or Certainty
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-11-Knowledge-or-Certainty
Episode 12: Generation upon Generation (genetics)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-12-Generation-upon-Generation
Episode 13: The Long Childhood
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-13-The-Long-Childhood

Well-Preserved Fossil Casts Light on Evolution of Bony Fish

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT

The earliest known and well-preserved bony fish has been found in southern China. The fossil of a Guiyu oneiros, described in this week's Nature journal, sheds light on the evolutionary history of jawed vertebrates. Previously this was documented almost exclusively from fossil fragments.

Biologists Take Evolution Beyond Darwin -- Way Beyond

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:17 PM PDT

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/04/beyond_darwin?currentPage=all

Naming the new ISS module: a suggestion

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT

As many of you have heard, NASA has had a public vote to help name the new node of the International Space Station — node 3 — shown here in its full glory: Although the name Serenity for the new node got 70% of the vote on the NASA site, that's totally misleading. Because someone [...]

"Fifth Force" Could Make Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT

No one knows exactly what a "fifth force" might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe's structure formation. A fifth force could reduce discrepancies between theory and observation in several areas of cosmology.

mental_floss Blog 7 Fascinating Local Characters

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 12:56 PM PDT

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24030

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