The quest-a thirst unquenchable..
Quest - a thrust unquestionable..
by thequestforum · Published March 31, 2016 · Last modified March 25, 2017
An interesting quiz click here welcomeapril1 Please keep the speaker on to listen to the background song. To further please your grey and white matter you may try the second quiz also If you want to fire your grey&white matter in your wetware click on the right april1_2016...
Our Taste for Alcohol Goes Back Millions of YearsGenetics research sheds light on a long human relationship with Alcohol Alcohol has been part of human existence for millennia. Alcoholic beverages are an integral part of human culture. Like the wines consumed in Jewish and Christian rituals, these drinks...
For members / Quest embryo-Original contribution from fellow questers / show case-inspirational
by thequestforum · Published March 30, 2016
A 10–year–old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of...
Human curiosity, ingenuity and creativity have combined over the centuries to produce ever more powerful technologies – wonderments that even the poorest of the world can now afford. At their best, these technologies are great enablers. However, what if we are losing our grip on these inventions? Might...
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by thequestforum · Published March 29, 2016
Aparna Rao, who collaborates with Danish artist Soren Pors , re-thinks and re-imagines the ordinary into something that is high-tech, playful, witty, and incredibly creative. Watch as she introduces a few of the duo’s creations: the “Uncle Phone” (see image above ) that is “so long that it...
Touch is an extremely powerful thing. Humans clearly respond to touch, both physically and emotionally. Some areas on our bodies are more sensitive than others, however. Laughing when tickled in our sensitive spots (under the arms, near the throat and under our feet) could be a defensive mechanism....
Nobel lecture-Jack Kilbye Listen to the the Nobel lecture from the inventor of integrated circuits. Turning potential into reality
For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published March 17, 2016 · Last modified March 19, 2016
Following is the transcript of the classic talk that Richard Feynman gave on December 29th 1959 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Here is a new video of this lecture Richard Feynman “Tiny Machines” Nanotechnology Lecture (I imagine experimental physicists...
Though we find 3-blade ceiling fans more often, we come across, quite occasionally, ceiling fans with four blades and very rarely, five-blade fancy fans, also. We would never see a ceiling fan with six or more number of blades and surely never a fan with a single blade....
Curiosity Prepares the Brain for Better Learning (Have you ever been curious to know something? That feeling is too humane) Do we live in a holographic universe? How green is your coffee? And could drinking too much water actually kill you? Before you click those links you might consider...
