Category: curiosity corner
In 1935, Albert Einstein and two colleagues published a landmark paper revealing that quantum mechanics allows widely separated objects to influence one another, even though nothing travels between them. Einstein called it spooky and rejected the idea, arguing instead that it exposed a major deficiency in the quantum...
Bruno Zamborlin is a technologist, researcher, musician and designer. He’s been working on a joint PhD in computational technologies between Paris and London, exploring new methods for gestural interaction and its applications in performing arts and the creation of new musical instruments. Bruno is interested in the topic...
[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=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”62″ disable_keyboard=”0″]7DBKVL9Wqkw[/wpdevart_youtube] Albert Einstein never believed that black holes could be formed. Yet, his theory of general relativity paves a path for understanding black hole formation. Learn about this very interesting...
Scientists have known for decades that what we eat can change the balance of microbes in our digestive tracts. Choosing between a BLT sandwich or a yogurt parfait for lunch can increase the populations of some types of bacteria and diminish others—and as their relative numbers change they...
[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=”63″ disable_keyboard=”0″]LTXTeAt2mpg[/wpdevart_youtube] PHYSICS: I understand the force and energy Quantum mechanics and relativity My field is pure and they rely on me I see the universe like nobody You may...
There has never been a better time to take your information security into your own hands. But it can be little bit confusing. Encryption is good yes, but how does it actually work? And is all encryption created equal? For a quick primer on the leading standard for...
A three-atom-thick microchip with more than 100 transistors is the most complex microprocessor made from a 2-dimensional material to date, researchers say. The new device is made of a thin film of molybdenite, or molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), which consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between two...
Today our Christian brethren celebrate Easter This is the forum’s take on the event. Written by Michael Shermer For the world’s two billion Christians, Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion death at the hands of the Romans. It is the resurrection that sets Christians apart from all...
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins asks if science can provide answers to the big questions we used to entrust to religion. Dawkins admits to sentimentality in imagining his own church funeral, but he argues we must embrace the truth, however hard that is. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″...
Do you have weight in space? Is weightlessness an absence of gravity, or actually an absence of forces pushing against it? Andy unpicks what weight really is. On one hand, we learn at school that weight is the force on an object due to gravity; on the other,...