The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

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Celebrates the 340th anniversary of Olaus Roemer’s determination of the speed of light.

Romer’s determination of the speed of light was the demonstration in 1676 that light has a finite speed, and so does not travel instantaneously. The discovery is usually attributed to Danish astronomer Ole Rømer (1644–1710), who was working at the Royal Observatory in Paris at the time. By timing...

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A tale of two qubits: how quantum computers work-reposted from ars technica.

Just how do quantum computers work? It turns out that most of the magic of … Quantum information is the physics of knowledge. To be more specific, the field of quantum information studies the implications that quantum mechanics has on the fundamental nature of information. By studying this...

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Ars Technica—Serving the Technologist for more than a decade

Ars Technica meaning “art of technology” is a technology news and information website created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games. Many of the site’s writers are...

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Curiosity corner-Dark energy

What is dark energy? Dark energy is some kind of energy which is said to exist but scientists know very little details of it. About 14 to 15 billion years ago, when the Big Bang happened, the universe came into existence. The matter formed from huge energy started...

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The Living Body – Our Extraordinary Life (Quest documentary of the week)

  With meticulous and startling detail, The Living Body examines the miracle of the human species from birth to death. The journey of a human life – the inner processes that bind us all – has rarely been rendered with such stunning clarity and insight. An Emmy-winning feature...