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Amusing music video from OK Go: Link: http://youtu.be/m86ae_e_ptU by … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2014
This is really worth a look. British comedian John Oliver interviews Britain’s most famous scientist, physicist Stephen Hawking: Link: http://youtu.be/T8y5EXFMD4s Imaginary time, by the way, is a theoretical additional time dimension that eliminates singular points in theoretical analysis of spacetime, … Continue reading
Isaac Newton takes on Bill Nye in a rap battle, but the winner might be the surprise special guess. Then again, Newton can rap really, really fast. Link: http://youtu.be/8yis7GzlXNM by … Continue reading
(Turns out I had used that title on a previous blog post here, but I want to use it again, and what are you going to do about it?) I’ve been pondering lately about cosmology, which I know just barely … Continue reading
This actually looks like it might be fun. Link: http://youtu.be/Z-ASXGj6lU0 by … Continue reading
Moderately amusing (with no notable spoilers): Link: http://youtu.be/j-TYTCYMfWs by … Continue reading
Currently the only means of travel between the Earth and the International Space Station is via of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. This fascinating European Space Agency video describes the process of returning home, and I was amazed by how scary … Continue reading
Here’s something you don’t see every day: A man interested in the welfare of wild animals including lions who hangs out with wild lions in the bush and even naps with them. They seem to like him, possibly because he … Continue reading
HBO’s John Oliver does an excellent job explaining why net neutrality is important and why politically powerful opponents are winning the game. (As he points out, it was Obama who nominated a top cable company lobbyist to head the FCC.) … Continue reading
Not many years ago most Republican leaders accepted the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, as this video reminds us: Link: http://youtu.be/ckxLgsUQmHg It’s remarkable that the GOP has shifted so far so fast under pressure from the extremists who tend … Continue reading