Category: pleasure of knowledge
This week’s question arrives via Big Think producer Elizabeth — What’s Bill Nye frightened of? In two words: climate change. Listen to him here [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=”1″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”45″ disable_keyboard=”0″]crOxXrFYTec[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcript – Elizabeth Rodd: Hi...
More great tidbits of science from Bill! Part 3 of our series of awesome moments from the classic Bill Nye The Science Guy show. See it below [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=”45″ disable_keyboard=”0″]ZBEi6np3EJY[/wpdevart_youtube]
A pervasive theme in quackery (aka “alternative” health) is the notion of the brilliant heretic. Believers argue that science is transformed by brilliant heretics whose fabulous theories are initially rejected, but ultimately accepted as the new orthodoxy. Alternative health practitioners, with no embarrassment at their own...
The ultimate appeal of anti-vaccine advocacy: it flatters the ignorant One of the most attractive aspects of anti-vaccine advocacy, indeed of all alternative health, is that no particular knowledge is necessary to declare yourself an expert. It doesn’t matter that you don’t have even the most basic knowledge...
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Working at the nanoscale isn’t something everyone will get a chance to do, but luckily there are nanotechnology games and tools online that can simulate the real thing and help put your new knowledge into perspective. NanoMission is a series of four downloadable nanotechnology games. After registering on...
Bill Nye tackles a tough question that every person alive has been hung up on – what happens after we die? Where does our life energy go? Transcript – Marsalina: Hi Bill Nye. My name is Marsalina. This is my son Ohenu. And we have a question about...
Once again listen to another master piece from Tyson where he talks about aliens and considers the idea of extraterrestrials already living among us in secret. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”0″ 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″]dJTVRSOMGlI[/wpdevart_youtube]
Rules Think you know Spark? Test your knowledge on science and technology with the IEEE Spark Challenge! The IEEE Spark Challenge Rules Players are automatically placed on one of the four Spark character teams. Points are earned by answering questions correctly. For every question, you can earn up...
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