I have to admit, I’m not particularly knowledgeable in the area of neuroscience, my experience being limited to second-hand information from my sister (who is a doctor) and from Grey’s Anatomy (the latter being the greater influence, sadly enough). So I can’t particularly put any weight behind an opinion on this, but self-proclaimed “armchair neuroscience […]
An international team of researchers have managed to achieve data transmission speeds of 2.5 terabits per second by “twisting” light waves. They believe the same technique could also be used for more traditional wireless transmission. The technique involves controlling the movement of light waves in two different ways: the spin angular momentum (which is already […]
A British mathematician has developed an algorithm that he believes can diagnose Parkinson’s Disease from a recording of a patient’s voice. Now he wants the public to make a phone call to help refine the technique. Max Little, who will talk about his work at the TEDGlobal event in Edinburgh today, came to the research […]
The future excites me so much, that is why I made this video. We need to be inspired by the immense possibilities of the future and work extremely hard to achieve them. We can do it, we just have to commit. Help inspire others by sharing this video and tagging any interesting content on twitter […]
You can’t help but smile if someone says they’re going to use a video game to teach physics. Of course, with Portal 2, you actually could provide a much more engaging lesson in some of the more dull aspects of one of our core sciences. So Valve software have created an educational GLaDOS – Teach […]
Let’s all agree to start using the Greek pronounciation from now on, Mkay? [CGPGrey]
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Dear Universe, you are beautiful, even though you don’t really care about what anybody thinks about you. Fortunately for us, this is what makes you so unique and awesome, because if you’d start listening to what your neighbors say about you, things would likely be very different for us, human beings. [Minute Physics]
Listen as the team members who build Curiosity, NASA’s newest Mars probe, explain exactly how terrifying for them are the 7 minutes it takes for their probe to land on Mars’s surface once it enters the planet’s atmosphere. [Via]
With a World with no math, Michael Boatman, Julie Bowen, Simon Helberg and John Oliver are looking to help launch a math education program in Bangladesh and Malawi. [SavetheChildren]