The quest-a thirst unquenchable..
Quest - a thrust unquestionable..
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by Bala Prasad · Published April 14, 2017
This is in continuation to earlier post click here for details Throughout history there were many revolutions: in technology, in economics, in society, in politics. But one thing always remained constant: humanity itself. We still have the same bodies, the same brains, and the same minds as our ancestors...
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by thequestforum · Published April 13, 2017 · Last modified April 9, 2017
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.
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by thequestforum · Published April 11, 2017
Make all the jokes you want, says Bill Nye, but methane is a very potent greenhouse gas, and as Earth’s population increases so too does the size of the meat industry that caters to it. Demand for meat is growing steeply in developing nations, according to the...
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by thequestforum · Published April 10, 2017 · Last modified April 9, 2017
If there is no God watching us, why be good? Richard Dawkins examines sin. He asks whether the old religious rules about what is right and wrong are helpful and explores what science can tell us about how to be good. But what can science and reason tell...
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by thequestforum · Published April 9, 2017
In the face of what appears to be a blindly indifferent universe, Dawkins argues that we each have to forge our own sense of meaning. For Dawkins, it is the awe and wonder in scientific enquiry – from the human genome to the quest for the Higgs Boson...
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by thequestforum · Published April 7, 2017
9 May 2011—Intel announced a big change to the electronic switches at the heart of its CPUs. Going forward, the firm will be using three-dimensional transistors to take the place of long-used planar devices. The new transistors—dubbed “tri-gates”—are a variation on the FinFET, a transistor design that substitutes...
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by thequestforum · Published April 4, 2017
Consciousness is one of the big questions humanity longs to have answered. What makes us human? What is the experience of consciousness that we all feel exists intuitively, but that we have no evidence-based theory to explain — and also where is it? There are many schools of...
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by thequestforum · Published April 2, 2017 · Last modified January 16, 2021
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by thequestforum · Published March 30, 2017
With four of UC Berkeley’s Nobel Laureates to moderate an enlightening dialogue on the role of science in modern society and how this esteemed panel would apply scientific methods to approach the complex global issues we are dealing with today.
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by thequestforum · Published March 28, 2017 · Last modified March 27, 2017
Transcript – Question: Hey Bill. So there are many videos online claiming to be extraterrestrial sightings. It just seems that the government is aware of extraterrestrials yet they reject the idea. Possibly they’re hiding the truth from us in fear of the knowledge greatly changing our daily lives....
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