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….
In this lecture, William Grassie proposes that we focus science education more on what happened when than on how and why evolution occurs.
An excerpt from Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything” animated and narrated.
From the 2009 Terry Lectures at Yale University by Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel Primack. Author Metanexus Editors
A map of the human epoch.
A hilarious and informative cartoon history of the English language in just over 10 minutes from the Anglo-Saxons to the Internet!