Pleasure of knowledge-Einstein(Quest special on his Birthday)
14th March was his birthday we are late.Better be late than never. So here it is a simple quiz movie (Click on the movie to start the quiz)
The quest-a thirst unquenchable ..
The secret of life -part 1
The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is to science what the Mona Lisa is to painting. It’s been called the single biggest discovery of all time. But it wasn’t just stumbled upon – it was a race. Specifically, it was a race between two...
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.
Humor at work
In this talk Andrew Tarvin talks about how he brought humor to the workplace while he worked at Procter & Gamble. After being complimented by co-workers on how humor helped them enjoy their work, Andrew decided to start becoming a humor engineer–using humor to help people become more...
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...
Science-Based Medicine in the Media and Politics(James Randi Foundation)
We have regressed from the Age of Enlightenment to an Age of Endarkenment. The public is appallingly ignorant about science. Politicians are science-illiterate and pass laws that disregard science.
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...
