Apr 14 2019

The New Nano Satellite Companies Looking At Everything | Foreign Correspondent

Published on Jun 20, 2017

A new space race is on, as tech companies rush to launch thousands of tiny satellites that will tell us more about what’s happening on our planet than ever before. But will the information be used for good, or for harm?

Apr 14 2019

Ice Age Geology: A Common Thread for Pacific Northwest Agriculture

WSU CAHNRS

Published on Jun 12, 2015

Nick Zentner, geologist at Central Washington University, describes the connection between the Ice Age Floods and agriculture (e.g. soil types and structure) as we know it today in eastern Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

Apr 14 2019

The Secrets Of Quantum Physics (Full Astrophysics Documentary) | Spark

Spark

Published on Mar 20, 2018

Professor Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of arguably the most important, accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever: quantum physics. The story of quantum physics starts at the beginning of the 20th century with scientists trying to better understand how light bulbs work. This simple question soon led scientists deep into the hidden workings of matter, into the sub-atomic building blocks of the world around us. Here they discovered phenomena unlike any encountered before – a realm where things can be in many places at once, where chance and probability call the shots and where reality appears to only truly exist when we observe it. Albert Einstein hated the idea that nature, at its most fundamental level, is governed by chance. Jim reveals how in the 1930’s, Einstein thought he’d found a fatal flaw in quantum physics. This was not taken seriously until it was tested in the 1960s. Professor Al-Khalili repeats this critical experiment, posing the question does reality really exist, or do we conjure it into existence by the act of observation? Elsewhere, we explore how the most famous law of quantum physics – The Uncertainty Principle – is obeyed by plants and trees as they capture sunlight during the vital process of photosynthesis. Could quantum mechanics explain the greatest mystery in biology – evolution? Content Provided By TVF International. Any Queries Please Contact Us at hello@littledotstudios.com Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science, tech and engineering videos – https://goo.gl/LIrlur Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SparkDocs/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spark_chann… #JimAl-Khalili #quantumphysics #Astrophysics #science #technology #engineering #matter #mysteriesoflife #quantummechanics #universe

Apr 12 2019

Creativity is the Key to Everything

Armstrong Economics Blog/Education

Re-Posted Apr 12, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

A professor at Princeton University once told me I reminded him of Einstein. I was shocked. I said I was nothing like Einstein, and I certainly did not advance society as he did. He then said to me that it was not the subject matter that he was referring to. He said it was my curiosity and that I liked to explore and uncover what made things really tick in my own field. He explained that the key to everything was simply being curious. Without that aspect, we would discover nothing.

There are many studies of geniuses or gifted children. But what many do not realize is that children have also invented things from trampolines to ice pops (see: 10 Great Inventions Dreamt Up By Children).

People often write in to ask what I would recommend for children to study. I believe science is the far better field because you have to actually prove something works. The social sciences are not science at all. They are just like reading fiction. Whatever the subject matter a child may be interested in, supplement them with programming. That is how you understand to read and write. Once you understand a subject matter, then you may be able to code something that changes the world. Encourage their curiosity. As long as they have that trait, then they will be the explorer of worlds for the future.

Apr 11 2019

The First Black Holes has Been Photographed

Armstrong Economics Blog/Nature

Re-Posted Apr 11, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

For many years, there were arguments that Black Holes were nonsense and did not exist. Astronomers have captured the first image of a black hole which has at last settled the debate. The picture taken illustrates a halo of dust and gas, which forms the outline of a huge black hole 55million light years from Earth (see Guardian). This raises hope that one day the Global Warming crowd will be proven wrong that CO2 levels do not create a greenhouse from which the planet will continue in a warming directions until we all drown or are fried to death. They have never heard of cycles and ignore the fact that the Earth has gone through cycles of warming and cooling long before mom drove their kids to soccer matches.