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Authors@Google: Steven Pinker - [Science Channel] • Science.VideoGrater: Online Video *Quality Grating

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:09 PM PDT

http://science.videograter.com/video/Authors-Google-Steven-Pinker

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:00 PM PDT

British mathematicians say they've created a formula that can be used to predict tsunamis and how destructive the tsunamis might become.

Expedia Launches Flights to Mars (TV Spot)

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 08:30 PM PDT

We are proud to announce a once in a lifetime offer, trips to Mars.

Chicks can count up to three, study suggests

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 08:20 PM PDT

Newborn chicks can count, at least up to three, a new study suggests.

The Ascent of Man 9 - The Ladder of Creation

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:46 PM PDT

(11 votes - 1 comment - 281 views)
(Darwin and Wallace's ideas on the origin of species) Until the 19th century it was believed that many creatures were created spontaneously, like bluebottles in old meat. It took two men years of observation and a flash of illumination to come to the same conclusion: the theory of evolution. These two men were Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. We also see two experiments which suggest that the building blocks of life could have been created on Earth in boiling heat or in ice.
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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 8: The Drive for Power (The Industrial Revolution)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-8-The-Drive-for-Power
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

Authors@Google: Steven Pinker

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:46 PM PDT

(11 votes - 2 comments - 154 views)
Linguist Steven Pinker speaks about his book "The Stuff of Thought."

Authors@Google: Steven Pinker

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:46 PM PDT

(11 votes - 2 comments - 154 views)
Linguist Steven Pinker speaks about his book "The Stuff of Thought."

The Ascent of Man 12 - Generation upon Generation

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:44 PM PDT

(11 votes - 1 comment - 251 views)
(Genetics) Beginning with the discoveries of the monk Gregor Mendel, Bronowski traces the science of genetics and the development of the double-helix model of DNA.

"Bronowski studies the work of Karl Marx as it relates to natural selection. He also profiles the groundbreaking ideas of Gregor Mendel on organic inheritance. From cloning to communism, discoveries in biology have greatly influenced popular society"
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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 8: The Drive for Power (The Industrial Revolution)
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-8-The-Drive-for-Power
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 13: The Long Childhood
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ascent-of-Man-13-The-Long-Childhood

Aircraft could be brought down by DIY 'E-bombs'

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:20 PM PDT

Equipment and instructions for building electromagnetic pulse weapons capable of frying aircraft electronics are available on the internet, say experts.

Mysterious Dark Matter Possibly Detected

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 07:20 PM PDT

When dark matter is destroyed, it leaves behind a burst of exotic particles, according to theory. Now scientists have found a possible signature of these remains.

Peacock Butterfly from John's Garden [Flickr]

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:13 AM PDT

johnald_chaffinch posted a photo: