Explore how we have hidden secret messages over time. Brit Cruise discusses the basic idea behind why we need cryptography, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, and basics…
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Miller was the star witness in the Dover “Panda Trial” in Pennsylvania where Judge John E Jones found “intelligent-design” to be a religious view, not science. He…
Why would it be hard to pedal a 10,000 pound bicycle? This simple explanation shows how Newton’s 3 laws of motion might help you ride your bike….
It’s popular these days for donors, particularly those who fund start-ups or help existing nonprofits to grow, to refer to themselves as catalysts; however, we mean something…
From something as small and complex as a chromosome to something as seemingly simple as the weather, sex determination systems vary significantly across the animal kingdom. Biologist…
Steve exposes what many non-economists may have suspected and a minority of economists have long known: that economic theory is not only unpalatable, but also plain wrong….
Noam Chomsky is one of the few great intellectuals who have never stopped having a critical mind in the Western society. For over thirty years his opinions…
Michael Wesch focuses on how we as the generation of Web 2.0, connect with the world differently due to new media such as YouTube. With thousands of…
Academic and author Oren Harman reveals the extraordinary discoveries of George Price – the eccentric genius who strove to understand evolution’s greatest riddle: altruism. Price developed a…
Life is extreme chemical complexity, and knowing that life-forming chemicals are widespread in the universe, it may be posited that the universe, if the conditions are right,…
A panel discussion on whether people should be anonymous on the Internet, and Anonymous with speakers Clay Shirky, danah boyd “zephoria”, Megan Carpentier, Whitney “Dr. Troll” Phillips,…
