From YouTube: If a tree falls in a forest and no one's around...does it make a sound? Does it matter if you know it's fallen? A deaf girl lets the audience into her silent world. But are her initial beliefs... continue reading

posted by uhohzombies 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,950 views

What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game, the ultimate prize of which is world domination? Michael Pollan asks... continue reading

posted by fissionchips 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 2,501 views

'In the last in the series Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different... continue reading

Edit, updated with direct TED link. Try it full screen. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/145

posted by Thylan 1 decade 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 3,231 views

Examining how the Fibonacci sequence permeates a great rock song.

posted by theaceofclubz 1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 5,848 views

This is stunning - thousands of aluminum panels that move in the air currents and reveal the complex patterns of turbulence in the wind.

posted by Irishman 1 decade 7 years 5 months ago • 5,259 views

From Arthur Clarke's "The Color of Infinity", mathematicians and scientists explain how fractal geometry has given new insight into the formation of all the shapes we find in the world, from the molecule... continue reading

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 3,094 views

Dr. Hans Jenny in his study of Cymatics - study of matter pertaining to waves.

posted by omnithrope 1 decade 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 2,399 views