The quest-a thirst unquenchable ..
The Most Complex 2D Microchip Yet
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...
A brief history of future
Prof.Harari again
Queen of Carbon-Mildred Dresselhaus-(A tribute)
“Millie Dresselhaus began life as the child of poor Polish immigrants in the Bronx; by the end, she was Institute Professor Emerita, the highest distinction awarded by the MIT faculty. A physicist, materials scientist, and electrical engineer, she was known as the ‘Queen of Carbon’ because her work paved...
The ethical dilemma -The trolley problem
In 1967 Philippa Foot introduced us to the thought experiment called the Trolley Problem. This problem introduces a situation where a runaway trolley carrying four people is careening down the tracks towards a dead end. The four people in the trolley will certainly be killed in nothing is...
Tuesday with Bill-‘Hey Bill Nye, Our Brains Are All the Same – Why Aren’t People More Identical?’
Our brains are the same organ, but no way are we all the same people. So why do we like different things, if we’re all made of roughly the same parts? Everybody’s brain development is a little bit different, explains Bill Nye, whether that’s physiologically through chemical variations...
Cure Diseases With a Cell not pill-Siddhartha Mukherjee
Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine that will transform the way we heal.
A Quantum Comedy-to cheer you up for the entire week!!
From mobile phones to tablets to Fitbits and Misfits, quantum physics surrounds us. But of course not everything is quantum. Our video sheds some light.
The myths we need to survive-Yuval Noah Harari(Quest sunday special)
Professor Harari came to the Intelligence Squared stage to explain how the fictions that we believe in are an inseparable part of human culture and civilisation Myths. We tend to think they’re a thing of the past, fabrications that early humans needed to believe in because their understanding...
A Scientist’s take about the Resurrection-(Easter day special from quest)
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...
