Me
It's The Edge annual question with answers from 151 brilliant minds from actor Alan Alda to physicist Anton Zeilinger . The World Question Center 2009 WHAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING? "What game-cha...
Science
I like this SCIAM video on the challenges faced trying to understand dark energy http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1399191810
Comedy
Just brilliant, Darwin would approve.
Me
I rarely sleep more than six or seven hours, sometimes less. It was rather reassuring to read the often cited "Eight Hours sleep a night" is probably too long! How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?...
Religion
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin demonstrates she doesn't understand the difference between information and science ; Palin brings creationism debate back into the headlines: Scientific American Blog "Tea...
Science
I love this quote from Phil Plait's brilliant speech; "No crystal balls, no tarot cards, no horoscopes. Just you, your brain, and your ability to think. Welcome to science. You’re gonna like it...
Science
Just heard this mentioned on Radio Live , thanks Graeme Hill, and it’s a good thing. Science Media Centre - www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz The SMC is an independent source of expert comment and inf...
Brilliant, thanks to Phil Plait for finding this; In Conversation - 26 June 2008 - The late great physicist Richard Feynman Scientists are sometimes accused of diminishing the beauty of the natu...
I’ve posted regarding Arthur C. Clarke’s death on my CAD Blog. From childhood much of my interest in science, reading, writing and even religion was formed by reading his work. Working with Stanley Kubrick, he made my favourite movie. Thanks Arthur! RobiNZ CAD Blog: 2oo1: A Computer Graphics
CAD and BIM General
What is a Building Information Model? My interpretation is simply an information model of a building. It’s not a technology, it’s not a way of working, it’s the expression of a building as data. To th...
ActiveWords
This is what made Robert Scoble cry and Buzz Bruggeman, CEO of ActiveWords , called "the best thing he’s seen in years from Microsoft" a couple of weeks ago. Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong introduce the Worldwide Telescope at TED: http://static.videoegg.
Science
This awesome video shows Wanderer has found the next Bad Astronomer !
