From video.google.com: "As a magician, Brian’s wise to all the tricks used by frauds, tricksters, and con artists …and now he’s ready to take YOU to scam school. This is no ordinary lecture: we’re... continue reading
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"Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3-D extreme, transforming file navigation into a freewheeling playground of crumpled documents and... continue reading
posted by wingnut
He also talks about evolution in general and his new program.
posted by Haldaug
A very interesting interview discussing the body and disease in an evolutionary perspective. Why do we get sick? Why does our body have many weaknesses? Why haven't evolution disposed of cancer? What is... continue reading
posted by Haldaug
Bookmark for any school or teachers! Parts and clips from this series have been posted several times, but I thought I'd try sifting this playlist, with 5 full-lenght 1 hour episodes in one neat list.If... continue reading
posted by BicycleRepairMan
A real life sea serpent, the oar fish, caught alive on film for the first time.
posted by BcrdNCola 1 decade 6 years 1 week ago • 11,451 viewsFrom reddit: :"It'll be the future when you can buy one with a 2-year warranty. Making large OLEDs isn't tough. The reason the display industry hails it as the 2nd coming is because OLED can be fabricated... continue reading
posted by aspartam
[ ~ 12 minutes ] YT: "Michael Shermer takes a seminar on remote viewing, a form of ESP in which one attempts to psychically view a remote object, person, or place through intuition or a sixth sense.... continue reading
posted by jacobrecker
This episode in the series sees ex comedienne Pamela Stephenson, now a doctor in psychotherapy interviewing her husband, Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly. Very frank and absolutely fascinating... continue reading
posted by alien_concept
Creative Director, Robert Cooper, discussing his thoughts on a new creative concept from GE.
posted by biaozeebub 1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 4,404 views • 1:39Some Cryptozoological mysteries are solved easily enough. Yay Science!
posted by schmawy
From FORA.tv Interview at the Los Angeles Public Library, Feb 4, 2009
posted by MaxWilder
Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about being misdiagnosed, belief in a higher power, and makes note of who might be making those diagnoses.
posted by SlipperyPete
Tyson talks about how conditions in the the vast majority of the universe & on earth are not ideal for any type of life to survive.
posted by SlipperyPete
YT: Whilst the traditional view on the evolution of feathers was in relation to flight, new discoveries of feathered dinosaurs in China have changed this to focus on thermoregulation and display. Similarly,... continue reading
posted by drattus
A documentary on one of the greatest breakthroughs in 20th century mathematics. From Wikipedia: Fermat's Last Theorem is strikingly different and much more difficult to prove than the analogous problem... continue reading
posted by dingens
Today's scientists are recreating dinosaurs through genetic engineering. Sounds like science fiction? Not any longer. Through rapid advances in genetics, scientists are discovering the genetic traits... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach
I have high hopes for this film - that it might save the SF movie genre from turning into a series of cut scenes from a FPS game.
posted by Brian Houston
James Randi describes two tricks performed by an amateur magician in Japan -- even the Amazing Randi can be amazed
posted by MrLips
The first in a series of short videos of scientific principles that show the importance of science. For more in the series, check out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/mar/26/science-gcse-teaching-vide... continue reading
posted by illegalalgebra