It is not often you see the words “sexy” and “scientist” together, but Business Insider has recently compiled a list of 50 beautiful brainiacs. Consisting of both emerging researchers and well-established scientific figures, the list not only reveals a whole lot of physical beauty, but also illustrates how these impressive individuals strive to improve human…
The panel on “Quantum Biology and the Hidden Nature of Nature” at the World Science Festival last month was particularly memorable. Skip to 5:30 to hear John Hockenberry give an informative and humorous introduction to these strange bedfellows—biology and quantum mechanics. Paul Davies, Seth Lloyd, and Thorsten Ritz then join Hockenberry for a fascinating conversation….
An original and compelling scientific interpretation of religion and science that will challenge and delight students and scholars alike.
Join scientists and artists as they “ponder the aesthetics of evolution” at a free public event in New York City on February 25.
A hilarious and informative cartoon history of the English language in just over 10 minutes from the Anglo-Saxons to the Internet!
Lynn Margulis is justly celebrated for her determined claim that the eukaryotic cell (the more complex cell with a nucleus and other parts, organelles) is not something that evolved on its own. It is rather the result of a simpler (prokaryotic) cell incorporating other such cells, which latter (rather than being absorbed) continued their existence within the whole, developing their own contributory functions.
The world is even smaller than you thought. Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase “six degrees of separation” into the language, scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan reported on Monday that the average number of acquaintances separating any two people in the world was not six but 4.74.
Walking around the AAR each year, I feel like I’m seeing Isaiah’s vision about wolves and lambs coming true—aside from the considerable academic bickering, of course. It’s full fascinating discussions about the loftiest subjects that anyone can think of, but with no suicide bombers, no ordeals by fire. Again, this isn’t supposed to be possible, but it is. The world needs more of it.
In Reinventing Fire, Rocky Mountain Institute provides a blueprint for transforming transportation and freight services with uncompromised convenience, safety and performance using no oil by 2050.
We can best work toward addressing and solving the Big Problems related to food, population, water, energy, the environment, economics, education, and war by discussing them in the context of Big History.