Pleasure of knowledge 2016 (Personality)
Category: pleasure of knowledge
use it or lose it-General
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Tuesday with Bill-(Ask Bill anything)
Hey Bill Nye, Why Don’t Computers Allow Us to Talk Directly to Animals? Transcript – Hassa: Hey Bill. I’m a big fan of your work. This is Hassa from Tunisia. I’m at the University of Freiburg in Germany. My question for you today is how can it be...
Question time-Blurring vision
If we look at the spark that comes while welding, our vision gets blurred why? The explanation can be given in two ways. (1) According to biologists if we look at spark like spots,the higher light causes a light induced stress (ie) photo oxidation stress in the retina...
Why most people are bad at mathematics – Neil deGrasse Tyson asks Richard Dawkins
Why people are bad at mathematics? Asks Neil degrasse Tyson to Richard dawkins [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=”42″ disable_keyboard=”0″]fbrQ8F-LQNs[/wpdevart_youtube] Here these two great science educators are in conversation.If you are interested in watching the full...
Pleasure of knowledge-(lightning)
Try this quiz to check your knowledge on lightning.
Neil deGrasse Tyson again-(Reposted from ScienceNeT)
It is always a pleasure to listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson.Neil feels he has a duty to inspire and educate the public. He is quoted as saying, “when I was a kid… there were scientists and educators on the staff at the Hayden Planetarium… who invested their time...
Curiosity corner-Drinking soda for indigestion!!!
Drinking soda helps us during indigestion. How? Soda water or carbonated water is water in to which low levels of pressurized carbon dioxide has been dissolved, creating carbonic acid. The intake of soda water helps those with impaired digestion. Soda water causes bloating, which stretches the stomach. Mechanoreceptors...
Pleasure of knowing-Digital basics
Take a simple quiz on basics of digital electronics pleasure-of-knowing2016_digital-basics1711
Next Generation Solar Cells _ Lowering Costs, Improving Performance and Scale-MIT PV group
5/05/2009 6:00 PM MuseumTonio Buonassisi, Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Photovoltaic ResearchDescription: According to Tonio Buonassisi, we’re “on the cusp” of achieving a competitive technology for capturing the limitless energy of the sun. Buonassisi, in conversation with an MIT Museum audience, describes how, with the work of MIT and...
