The New Universe
From the 2009 Terry Lectures at Yale University by Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel Primack.
From the 2009 Terry Lectures at Yale University by Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel Primack.
Hans Rosling had a question: Do some religions have a higher birth rate than others — and how does this affect global population growth? Speaking at the TEDxSummit in Qatar, he graphs data over time and across religions. With his trademark humor and sharp insight, Hans reaches a surprising conclusion on world fertility rates. Author…
T. Boone Pickens promotes natural gas for energy security and as a bridge to alternatives in this 2012 TED talk.
The video below, from Kosovo 2.0, is a remarkable 21-minute example of how this story encircles the globe — and can delight children everywhere. The children journey through the countryside around Kosovo, as the 13 billion year epic of their ancestry is laid out proportionally over the miles. Author Metanexus Editors
The first section of this presentation analyses the issues in the ongoing controversy over evolution and Intelligent Design. Subsequent sections describe some recent ideas in evolutionary theory and in theological reflection (including the contributions of several speakers at this conference) which offer alternatives to the “conflict of science and religion” presented in the media coverage…
Six world-renowned scientists explain the history of the universe and reflect on how this knowledge affects their perspective of the universe and our place in it.
This keynote talk by Bob Bain was given at the Metanexus symposium on Teaching Big History at the Harvard Club of New York on September 21, 2013. Bob Bain shares the experiences of the teachers and students participating in the Big History Project and argues that the curriculum is the key to solving a number…