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Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 795 Comments: 0 Real Time with Bill Maher: Sam Harris Real Time with Bill Maher: Sam Harris Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. Mr. Harris' writing has been published in over fifteen languages. He and his work have been discussed in Newsweek, TIME, The New York Times, Scientific American, Nature, Rolling Stone, and many other journals. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Annals of Neurology, and elsewhere. Mr. Harris is a Co-Founder and CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. He received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA. Apr 20, 2013 6:13 PM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 684 Comments: 0 Martin Gardner: The Nature Of Things Martin Gardner: The Nature Of Things David Suzukis The Nature of Things featured an entire piece on Gardner, from his math buddies to the sleight-of-hand circles he frequented. Martin Gardner (born October 21, 1914[1], Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, pseudoscience, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the Mathematical Games column in Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and he has published over 70 books User: Pantufas Oct 4, 2012 11:01 AM
Permanent Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 414 Comments: 0 Instant Egghead: What Causes Brain Freeze? Instant Egghead: What Causes Brain Freeze? Ah, summertime. The warm weather, the icy beverages and the splitting headaches you get from drinking them too fast. In this episode, Scientific American editor Ferris Jabr explains how brain freeze occurs and how best to avoid it. For our latest videos visit the Scientific American video page http://scientificamerican.com/video.cfm or subscribe via RSS http://rss.sciam.com/sciam/global-videos User: spam_vigilante Jun 23, 2012 10:57 AM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 1211 Comments: 0 Conformity Conformity Psychological studies in conformity and how the loudest minorities can create false majorities. A short film about how to be yourself. Sherif, M. (1935). A study of some social factors in perception. Archives of Psychology, 27(187), pp.17-22. Asch, S.E. (1951). Effects of group pressure upon the modification and distortion of judgment. In H. Guetzkow (ed.) Groups, leadership and men. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Press. Asch, S.E. (1955). Opinions and social pressure. Scientific American, 193(5), pp.31-35. Berns, G.S., Chappelow, J., Zink, C.F., Pagnoni, G., Martin-Skurski, M.E., and Richards, J. (2005) 'Neurobiological Correlates of Social Conformity and Independence During Mental Rotation' Biological Psychiatry, 58(3), pp.245-253. Weaver, K., Garcia, S.M., Schwarz, N., & Miller, D.T. (2007) Inferring the popularity of an opinion from its familiarity: A repetitive voice can sound like a chorus. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(5), 821-833. User: kooolcat Jun 26, 2011 12:01 AM
Permanent Tag: Barack Obama Rating: Amazing Hits: 368 Comments: 0 Scientific American Editors: Obama's SOTU Scientific American Editors: Obama's SOTU In this handy video, a team of editors from Scientific American offers some context and outside perspective on all the science that was name-dropped in the State of the Union address Tuesday. One key reference: The promise that, with work, we could get 80% of our energy from clean sources by 2035. The Scientific American editors point that, according to an article which ran in their magazine 2009, this idea is plausible. But I think they're being a little misleading. The 2009 article, after all, is looking at whether it is technically possible to construct and site enough wind, solar, and water power to supply all the world's electricity needs by 2050. But it's only really talking about whether enough sites exist, and whether we have the materials to construct the generators, themselves. User: spam_vigilante Jan 27, 2011 11:16 AM
Permanent Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 648 Comments: 1 Google Science Fair Experiment - Extended Google Science Fair Experiment - Extended An intricate Rube Goldberg machine in action. Introducing the world's first online global science competition, the Google Science Fair! Google has partnered with CERN, LEGO, National Geographic and Scientific American to create a new kind of online science competition that is more global, open and inclusive than ever before. Students aged 13 - 18 from around the world are invited to enter and compete for awesome once-in-a-lifetime experiences, scholarships and real-life work opportunities. Sign up today at google.com/sciencefair. User: spam_vigilante Jan 13, 2011 12:58 AM
Permanent Tag: Animals Rating: Good Hits: 542 Comments: 0 Nature Video - Humboldt Squid Nature Video - Humboldt Squid Voracious squid, weighing as much as a human, have slowly made their way up the western coast of North America. We take an up close look at this prolific creature to find out why it's thriving. Read more about the Humboldt Squid on the website of Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humboldt-squid-expansion User: wadadde Sep 7, 2010 10:46 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 1897 Comments: 0 Scientific American: Surgical Slimmers Scientific American: Surgical Slimmers In spite of the risks, people are lining up to solve their weight problems in the operating room. Narrated by Alan Alda. User: spam_vigilante Jan 3, 2010 7:57 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: No Votes Hits: 481 Comments: 0 Scientific American: The Secret Canyon Scientific American: The Secret Canyon The best kept secret of American archeology is now revealed. An archaeologic dig in a remote section of Utah results in the find of a Native American society that lived here thousands of years ago. RT 26:20, hosted by Alan Alda. User: spam_vigilante May 20, 2009 5:48 AM
Permanent Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 977 Comments: 0 Scientific American: Hydrogen Hopes Scientific American: Hydrogen Hopes We've all heard of hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but what will it take to get there from here? Alan Alda visits the Ovshinkys, Stan and Alice, who are turning their long-cherished dream of replacing oil with hydrogen into reality. He also explores how Iceland is the nation that is furthest along toward abandoning oil altogether in favor of hydrogen. User: spam_vigilante May 8, 2009 5:05 AM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 1522 Comments: 1 Scientific American Frontiers: Going Deep Scientific American Frontiers: Going Deep The deep sub Alvin, past and future. RT 26:23, first aired 02/02/05, hosted by Alan Alda. A look back at the decades of effort that culminated in the deep sub Alvin reaching the ocean floor, and a look forward to what's next now that Alvin's retiring. User: spam_vigilante Apr 19, 2009 11:41 PM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 1601 Comments: 0 Scientific American Frontiers: Chimp Minds Scientific American Frontiers: Chimp Minds A visit with an engaging if unruly bunch of cousins that we formally broke up with about 6 or 7 million years ago. Alan Alda hosts. RT 26:22, first aired Feb/09/05. Young male and female chimps learn in different ways, as Alan sees when he observes them fishing for ketchup in the zoo the way they use sticks in the wild to fish for termites. Psychologists study chimpanzees that grew up with human contact to see how well they can generalize concepts and to try to figure out the way they put together their mental picture of how the world works. User: spam_vigilante Apr 18, 2009 3:46 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: Ok Hits: 692 Comments: 0 Serious Red Hat Linux Commercial Serious Red Hat Linux Commercial The world is flat. Earth is the centre of the universe. Fact - until proven otherwise. Despite ignorance. Despite ridicule. Despite opposition. Truth happens. Despite ignorance. The telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. /Western Union 1876/ In 1899 the US Patent Commissioner stated, everything that can be invented has been invented. Despite ridicule. The phonograph has no commercial value at all. /Thomas Edison 1880/ The radio craze will die out in time. /Thomas Edison 1922/ The automobile has practically reached the limit of its development. /Scientific American 1909/ Despite it all truth happens. Man will not fly for fifty years. /Orville Wright 1901/ The rocket will never leave the Earth's atomosphere. /New York Times 1936/ There is a world market for maybe five computers. /IBM's Thomas Watson 1943/ 640K Ought to be enough for anybody. /Bill Gates 1981/ First they ignore you... Linux is the hype du jour. /Gartner Group 1999/ Then they laugh at you... We think of linux as competitor in the student and hobbyist market. But I really don't think in the commercial market we'll see it in any significant way. /Bill Gates 2001/ Then they fight you... Linux isn't going away. Linux is a serious competitor. We will rise to this challenge. /Steve Ballmer 2003/ Then you win... /Mohandas Gandhi/ You are here. Red Hat Linux. IBM. Aug 22, 2008 10:06 PM
Permanent Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 644 Comments: 1 Scientific American: The Fall of New York Scientific American: The Fall of New York A theoretical timeline. Drag the triangle at the bottom to advance. Some segments include audio narration by Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us. User: spam_vigilante Sep 2, 2007 4:26 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: Ok Hits: 375 Comments: 0 Havidol - When More is not Enough Havidol - When More is not Enough Artist Justine Cooper has created a drug to combat that most insidious of contemorary diseases--unhappiness. Reported by Scientific American: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=7232A90EA7D391905F9EE07BCC7C5967 via Reuters. Justine's website for Havidol is hysterical and points a very sharp finger at American consummerism with details like a "self-assesment" quiz http://www.havidol.com/zing.html containing questions like " I feel empty after a full day of shopping" and " I enjoy my life more when someone else is watching". User: smallandpissed Feb 17, 2007 10:11 AM
 
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