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The scientific pipeline dominates educational discourse today, but it is those outside the pipeline who would benefit most from reform. Serving their needs requires a different sort of activism, and new attention to evidence about how, when, and why people interact with science.
Veritasium is a science video blog featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science. Clips featured in this video: Trees are Freaking Awesome – http://bit.ly/TFilQ8 Gyroscopic Precession – http://bit.ly/U4e8HQ Can We Go The Speed of Light? (Principle of Relativity) – http://bit.ly/X1BlXZ Where Does The Sun Get Its Energy?…
Spacecraft and telescopes are not built by people interested in what’s going on at home. Rockets fly in one direction: up. Telescopes point in one direction: out. Of all the cosmic bodies studied in the long history of astronomy and space travel, the one that got the least attention was the one that ought to…
Metanexus is happy to plug the late David Foster Wallace’s 2005 Commencement Speech at Kenyon College in this season of graduations. Here are some wise words and compelling prose from the literary and existential genius. The abridged version is 9:22 minutes long and beautifully illustrated with a montage of images following the text. The unabridged…
Try to explain any philosophical “ism” to your friend or colleague. Unless you’re both scholars, you probably can’t do so easily. London-based graphic designer Genís Carreras wants to make it easier for us to talk philosophy, so he’s removing words all together and replacing them with pictures in his postcard and book project Philographics. Carreras…
Try to explain any philosophical “ism” to your friend or colleague. Unless you’re both scholars, you probably can’t do so easily. London-based graphic designer Genís Carreras wants to make it easier for us to talk philosophy, so he’s removing words all together and replacing them with pictures in his postcard and book project Philographics. Carreras…
In this game of thrones, mathematics certainly makes a stronger claim today to royalty than does theology or philosophy. Some regard mathematics as the rightful queen who unites all the scientific disciplines under her rules.
The Human Project is an organization founded by Erika Ilves and Anna Stillwell, which aims to advance the future of our species in the face of emerging problems and opportunities. After a wildly successful crowd-funding campaign, the Human Project has published an e-book and created a free app that serves as a sort of database…
SDO’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 kelvins (about 1.08 million F). In this wavelength it is easy to…
Scientific concepts like the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries and planetary stewardship have heralded a profound shift in perception of our place in the world: a growing evidence base of scientific observations show we have become the prime driver of global environmental change. These new concepts are powerful communication tools as we move towards global sustainability. Welcome…