Fascinating look at the CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research, LHC facility captured by laser scanners: Inside CERN - lidarnews.com “The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is situated 100 meters below ground at CERN and is considered the biggest single machine on the planet. It is also the location of
Browsing Amazon Prime Video and it seems Physicist Brian Greene needs to lift his game. He’s only explaining The Universe! To be fair Anthony Bourdain explains includes “the best scrambled eggs” and “the perfect steak” which are harder than explaining the Universe.
Why giving money, directly, is better than giving aid, from GiveDirectly. They are also one of GiveWells top nine charities for 2017. Here’s the basic story: Source: How to talk about cash like an expert – GiveDirectly
Due to flight timing I had Friday, after Autodesk University, in Vegas. After the best part of a week Casino living and ‘The Strip’ it was time for a change. On the way to the US I heard a “The Skeptics Guide to the Universe” podcast which mentioned “The National
A few dollars could change the world, save many lives, and you can help The world is running out of effective antibiotics. In fact, it is one of the greatest threats to health today. For many of us, this means that common infections could once again cause death. A grazed
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Tomorrow, April 22nd, is Earth Day and The March for Science. As The March for Science calls on our governments this Earth Day to face the facts, in its policy-making, a parallel movement gives you way to directly support reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other climate change effects around
Traffic was lousy this morning, in part due to the wet weather, but I really didn’t care. I had downloaded Joe Rogan’s latest podcast featuring theoretical physicist Prof. Lawrence M. Krauss*. The topic was (nominally) his latest book—The Greatest Story Ever Told…SO FAR—but the discussion
Nice clear evening to see the Space Station, lower of the two 'stars' on this phone snap, pass over Auckland tonight!
Written by a analytical chemist with a background in forensics and toxicology. The "Food Babe" Blogger Is Full of Shit - gawker.com Filed for reference
@DoctorKarl @zanrowe 100% of dogs I know sneeze almost immediately when turned on back, but I only know one dog, Alfie, well enough to test it... (video) Science on Mornings, on triplej Fart breathing, killer nightmares, spider muscles | media | triple j Why do humans need pillows? Why do dogs sneeze
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My notes & photos from TEDx Auckland 2015. I only took the phone (for both notes & photos) and was sitting right at the back of the hall so my shots are a bit ‘distant’. * The italics are the speaker profiles sent out by TEDx Auckland * The bullet points my
A typical Sunday for me includes a bike ride or dog walk listening to podcasts. Today there's no need for ear buds to hear one of them! A live recording of @SkepticsGuide is the kick off for Day 2 of the NZ Skeptics conference #nzskepconf http://www.theskepticsguide.
