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Richard Dawkins Conversation With Neil deGrasse Tyson At Hayden Planetarium
A really interesting, albeit fairly lengthy, discussion between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins. They start off their talk with the human mind, logical thinking, and science, and carry on from there. I like when they talk about beauty in the world, … Continue reading
200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy Of Stats
“Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before – … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday #6 – Darwin Day
Happy Darwin Day! February 12th makes the birth of one of the most famous scientists known today: Charles Darwin. Darwin Day is a celebration of his birth and his achievements, and so today’s Throwback Thursday is to do with that. … Continue reading
The 25 Biggest Turning Points In Earth’s History
The BBC have an excellent interactive infographic detailing the “25 biggest turning points in Earth’s history“. From leaps forward in evolution to devastating asteroid impacts, these were the turning points that shaped our world. The 25 milestones are: The Earth … Continue reading
Why Science Is NOT ‘Just A Theory’
“Have you ever heard ‘evolution’ dismissed as ‘just a theory’? Is a scientific theory no different to the theory that Elvis is still alive? Jim Al-Khalili puts the record straight. There’s an important difference between a scientific theory and the … Continue reading
Nature’s Masters Of Disguise
Can you spot the mossy leaf-tailed gecko in the image above? If you can do it within a few seconds, you have a very keen eye. Over at The Guardian, they have a great collection of photographs of nature’s masters of … Continue reading
The Chance Events That Led To Human Existence
“How have we ended up as the most advanced species on a small blue-green planet, orbiting a seemingly insignificant star, in one of the hundred billion galaxies in the Universe? Science has found some extraordinary answers to this question. Looking … Continue reading
There Was No First Human
“If you traced your family tree back 185 million generations, you wouldn’t be looking at a human, a primate, or even a mammal. You’d be looking at a fish. So where along that line does the first human show up? … Continue reading
Helix
“I guess it all started with an idea, as all human actions do. What that idea was is pure speculation. But there is an artefact. A sculpture. From 40,000 years ago, that seems to show an idea, an act of … Continue reading
Richer Ramblings 