Richard Dawkins is Oxford University’s “Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.” Author of the landmark 1976 book, The Selfish … all » Gene, he’s a brilliant (and trenchant) evangelist for Darwin’s ideas. In this talk, titled, “Queerer Than We Suppose: The strangeness of science,” he suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us, because the human mind evolved only to understand the “middle-sized” world we can observe. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:42) - More TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com
A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency’s legitimacy and called police.
According to an account in the Baltimore Sun, 57-year-old Mike Bolesta was shocked to find himself taken to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, Md., where he was ha
I’m a Discovery/Nature channel buff, and this was so friggin awesome, I had to post it.
No joke a Pistol shrimp can blow a blast of water a speed of 100km/h with temp 9900C, stunning it’s prey without even coming near it!
Noooo, there is no ‘conspiracy’, but imho this Hypocrite shouldn’t even be president! You doubt he’s a Sham? Do some research on Prescott Bush, here’s a start…
TiECON 2007, the big technology conference in NorCal (Santa Clara to be exact), kicked off yesterday in it’s usual ‘geeky’ fashion.
The gossip on the expo floor was all around Silicon Valley edu-gaming startup Elementeo and its precocious 13-year old founder and chief executive, Anshul Samar. “We inject fun into education,” the fast talking entrepreneur confidently proclaimed, touting his new fantasy role playing card game which he believes will change the way kids learn science and chemistry.
Ron Paul explains the damage that an interventionist US Foreign policy can have when it comes to violent blowback. Giuliani throws a fit (as usual), I love it when Rudy loses “it”.
Lois decides to run for mayor and has to take part in a press conference in which she initially struggles to gain support. However, she soon finds the key to impressing the undecided voters…
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