A documentary on Albert Einstein
14 th March we celebrate Einstein ‘s birthday.Here is a special on him as a part of birth day celebration.
Category: pleasure of knowledge
What if live evolved from viruses_Tuesday with Bill
Evolutionary biologists generally agree that humans evolved from a bacteria-like ancestor, rather than a viral one. But what if we’re chemically connected Transcripts: Viewer: Hey Bill. I’m just curious, what would life look like if it had evolved from viruses instead of bacteria? Bill Nye: Maybe life did...
Paying service to the human lip-Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
They can seal tight, suck, blow, whistle, hold and kiss. With hundreds of muscles and multiple layers of cells, the human lip serves a much greater role than we give them credit for, as Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains. If you follow social media, especially of the Kardashian kind,...
Q&A – Great Moments in Science – with Dr Karl(Quest Sunday special)
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki answers questions from the audience after his talk, including a special animated explanation of why it’s safer for a cat to fall from 32 floors up than 7.
Great Moments in Science – with Dr Karl(Quest Sunday special)
What makes you forget why you entered a room? Why is it safer for a cat to fall from 32 stories than from seven? And why do you feel more drunk from rum and diet cola than rum and regular cola? Join Australia’s science legend Dr Karl for...
How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong(Quest week end thoughts)
In 2011, when Stanford computer scientists Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig came up with the bright idea of streaming their robotics lectures over the Internet, they knew it was an inventive departure from the usual college course. For hundreds of years, professors had lectured to groups of no...
This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors-Sangeeta Bhatia(Quest women;s week special)
What if we could find cancerous tumors years before they can harm us — without expensive screening facilities or even steady electricity? Physician, bioengineer and entrepreneur Sangeeta Bhatia leads a multidisciplinary lab that searches for novel ways to understand, diagnose and treat human disease. Her target: the two-thirds...
Mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse-Jimmy Carter(Quest women’s week special)
With his signature resolve, former US president Jimmy Carter dives into three unexpected reasons why the mistreatment of women and girls continues in so many manifestations in so many parts of the world, both developed and developing. The final reason he gives? “In general, men don’t give a...
International Women’s day Quiz_2017(Quest exclusive)
Greetings to all on this special day. see some of the women who changed the world women who left a mark here Here is the much awaited quiz.Please be familiar with the working of this before starting the quiz.It will not work on anroid or ios devices.Once you...
Radical women, embracing tradition-Kavita Ramdas(Quest women’s day special)
Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture? Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women talks about three encounters with powerful women who fight to make the world better — while preserving...
