Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Stephen Hawking's Universe

EP6: An Answer To Everything

Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.

Here's the link to the playlist.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Stephen Hawking's Universe

EP5: Black Holes & Beyond

Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.

Direct link to the playlist.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Stephen Hawking's Universe

EP4: On The Dark Side

What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Stephen Hawking's Universe

EP3: Cosmic Alchemy

What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleosynthesis

Link: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The Macaque Genome

In the 13 April 2007 issue, Science unveils the genome sequence of one of biology's most important model organisms -- the rhesus macaque monkey (Macaca mulatta). In Science, a Research Article and four Reports, as well as two News stories, detail the biomedical and evolutionary insights gained from the macaque genome, only the third primate genome to be completed after human and chimpanzee.

http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/macaque/

Link to videos: CLICK HERE

Monday, November 3, 2008

Stephen Hawking's Universe

EP2: The Big Bang

Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges LemaƮtre, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, cosmic background radiation.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Stephen Hawking's Universe

EP1:Seeing Is Believing

Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.

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Back to science

Love it or hate it, i'll start posting documentaries i watch regarding our understanding of the universe, origins of life, evolution etc.

The Genius of Charles Darwin
- The Fifth Ape -


The Genius of Charles Darwin is a three part television documentary, written and presented by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, celebrating the life and ideas of Charles Darwin for the 150th anniversary of his "The Origin of Species" and his 200th birthday.

Link to the documentary: Click Here