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Try solving “Einstein’s Riddle”??
A complex riddle involving a stolen exotic fish and a long list of suspects!! [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”0″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”67″ disable_keyboard=”0″]1rDVz_Fb6HQ[/wpdevart_youtube]
Populism and the Fate of the West -RSA(Quest Sunday special)
When faced with global instability and economic uncertainty, it is tempting for states to react by closing borders, hoarding wealth and solidifying power, and for citizens to look upon one another with suspicion, incomprehension and mistrust. But as mainstream technocrats are purged, and populists fall on their own...
Science and the Essence of Being Human-To Un-weave a Rainbow
As long ago as the early 19th century, the poet Keats bemoaned the washing away of the world’s beauty and mystery in the wake of natural philosophy’s reductionist insights—its tendency to “unweave a rainbow.” Two centuries later, the tentacles of science have reached far further, wrapping themselves around...
It Just Never Stops …A Magician in the Lab-James Randi
To introduce you to the kind of really silly material that I regularly receive for consideration and can deal with only briefly, I ask you to consider this item: From Paris, France, I received a 102-page book—in French. Its title translates as: Released from Mathematics, to Finally Know...
Try solving this riddle?
In a dystopian world, your resistance group is humanity’s last hope. Unfortunately, you’ve all been captured by the tyrannical rulers and brought to the ancient coliseum for their deadly entertainment. Will you be able to solve the passcode riddle and get everyone out safely? [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″...
Is Facebook the New Telescope?
Much like the invention of the telescope forever changed the way humans view the universe, the ability to generate and analyze large amounts of data is helping us to see our world like never before. At the 2016 World Science Festival, computational social scientist Duncan Watts discussed how...
Re-engineering Technology for Lesser Served Communities in SIGHT-Advancing Technology for Humanity-IEEE
“IEEE’s tagline means completeness. The idea is that advancement of technology should be inclusive – benefiting all and not only a few,” says Kartik Kulkarni, former chair of the IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) program and current IEEE and IEEE Computer Society member. We spoke...
What are the odds there is life in outer space – Richard Dawkins asks Neil Degrasse tyson
[wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”0″ show_progress_bar_color=”white” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”60″ disable_keyboard=”0″]Uk0pRPIQBY4[/wpdevart_youtube] Richard Dawkins asks Neil deGrasse about what are his thoughts on the probability of life existing elsewhere in the universe. Neil is very positive about having life as the...
