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It’s wonderful to meet people that have an extremely unique niche in the performance world. I don’t think there has been, or ever will be, an artist akin to the likes of Baba Brinkman. He is a talented rapper, writer and performer – and his work is based on the biology behind evolution. He covers [...]
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May 21st, 2013 |
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Although this video by Fatboy Slim isn’t particularly new, it’s a great depiction of the process of evolution and still deserves recognition. Starting with some of the earliest forms of life, and ending with an interesting twist on human evolution (is our species evolving in a positive direction?) the video brings you a seamless and [...]
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A while ago, I wrote about a science version of the popular Epic Rap Battles of History about a showdown between Einstein and Hawking. It was amusing and a great way to use popular culture to highlight science. Capitalizing on the successful genre of Epic Rap Battles of History, Life Technologies has created a video [...]
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May 12th, 2013 |
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Colonel Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, a former mission specialist on STS-74 who also performed multiple EVAs on STS-100, and, for a few hours longer, the well-loved commander of the International Space Station mission 35. He has been a great inspiration for space travel via every type of social media (with the assistance of [...]
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Not too long ago, I wrote about an awe-inspiring video that captured the night sky in an intriguing way, using timelapse to create “star trails” and to follow the objects in the night sky over Death Valley. Happily, I present to you a follow up, called Death Valley Dreamlapse 2. You will want to watch [...]
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You will never guess what people in China are doing to their dogs… This month, the Scientific American network became a lot larger with the addition of the Scientific American MIND blogs. In this episode of ‘Best of the Blogs’ we meet a few of our new MIND bloggers (including Julie Hecht at Dog Spies), [...]
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A darling stop motion video was released yesterday and is already a big hit. IBM took the challenge of moving 5,000 atoms around in order to create a short stop motion video, capturing the images using a scanning tunneling microscope. How important is the scanning tunneling microscope in science? Half of the 1986 Nobel Prize [...]
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April 30th, 2013 |
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The fantastic Derek Muller (aka Veritasium) has a fantastic new video about the physics behind jetpack rocket science. Newton’s third law tells us that this should be fairly simple, but is it simple to demonstrate? You’ll have to watch to find out!
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April 24th, 2013 |
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Just a few weeks ago, I flew into India to join other new media specialists and journalists with the International Reporting Project to examine issues of child survival and health. (Before I continue, I simply must extend thanks to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for providing a portion of the IRP funding to make [...]
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A few months ago Joe Hanson premiered his new video series called ‘It’s Okay To Be Smart‘, a joint project with PBS Digital Studios. In addition to being a true science geek, Joe has a flashy on-screen charisma that make for some pretty entertaining short films. In its first few months online, the series has [...]
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