"Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bottle and the Go chair." -TED

posted by jonny 1 decade 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 910 views

Lecture of Princeton Astrophycist, Neil Tyson on the big Bang. From the 'My favorite universe series'. Other videos: On being dense http://www.videosift.com/video/Neil-deGrasse-Tyson-On-Being-Dense ... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 617 views

The myth goes that no piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

posted by Edeot 1 decade 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 13,004 views • 3:54

Stephen Wolfram presents some fascinating aspects of the new Wolfram Alpha search engine / computation tool. I can't wait to get my hands on it! From http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html... continue reading

posted by Ornthoron 1 decade 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,701 views

The full video of Richard Dawkins's appearance at the Origins Symposium on 6 April, a conversation with Paul Davies, is now up at The Science Network

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 2,746 views

Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic -- love –- and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster... continue reading

posted by peggedbea 1 decade 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 248 views

Paul Kurtz, founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, proclaims the principles of a new skepticism that is critical yet responsive to the findings of science.

posted by Haldaug 1 decade 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,428 views

The saddest part is that I know exactly how the religious people would explain this to themselves. It was Satan who created the worm or it was the punishment from God because he doesnt like atheism...... continue reading

posted by chtierna 1 decade 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 8,333 views • 2:26

What happens when a gas is cooled to absolute zero? A new door to the quantum world opens up because all the atoms start "marching in lockstep", forming one giant matter wave; the Bose-Einstein condensate. ... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 3,201 views • 1:06:11

It turns out we've got nothing on monkeys in this regard.

posted by EDD 1 decade 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 11,060 views

The stated goal of the RepRap project is to produce a pure self-replicating device not for its own sake but rather to put in the hands of individuals anywhere on the planet, for a minimal outlay of capital,... continue reading

posted by Grimm 1 decade 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,376 views

Richard Dawkins clears up the misunderstanding of Evolution that is all too common: If we descended from Chimpanzees, then why are there still Chimpanzees? Dawkins explains that we DID NOT descend from... continue reading

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 8,925 views

Richard Dawkins shows just how similar the Human and Chimpanzee genomes really are, with the help of a great visual from the University of Nebraska Museum. Download Quicktime version (720p HD): http://cdn.cloudfiles.... continue reading

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,611 views

From YouTube: So where I work I have about a 12" frosted glass barrier on top of my counter for privacy reasons. I found out today that a simple piece of scotch tape will make the opaque glass clear?... continue reading

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 5 years 7 months ago • 10,543 views

Some details on how an Earthship works. Earthships are completely sustainable housing designed and built by Michael Reynolds in the desert. They require no heating, cooling, town water or electricity.... continue reading

posted by kymbos 1 decade 5 years 7 months ago • 1,600 views

This is how I always imagine sub-atomic particle collisions.

posted by arvana 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 14,135 views