Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Why we need the explorers: Brian Cox on TED.com (Part 1 of 2). In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs — from space probes to the LHC — are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation and a profound appreciation of our existence. Physicist Brian Cox has two jobs: working with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and explaining big science to the general public. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Why you should listen to him: Based at the University of Manchester, Brian02 Cox works at CERN in Geneva on the ATLAS experiment, studying the forward proton detectors for the Large Hadron Collider there. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester, working in the High Energy Physics group, and is a research fellow of the Royal Society. He’s also become a vital voice in the UK media for explaining physics to the public. With his rockstar hair and accessible charm, he’s the go-to physicist for explaining heady concepts on British TV and radio. (If you’re in the UK, watch him on “The Big Bang Machine”.) He was the science advisor for the 2007 film “Sunshine”. He answers science questions every Friday on BBC6 radio’s “Breakfast Show”. “If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is …
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Why we need the explorers: Brian Cox on TED.com (Part 2 of 2). In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs — from space probes to the LHC — are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation and a profound appreciation of our existence. Physicist Brian Cox has two jobs: working with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and explaining big science to the general public. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Why you should listen to him: Based at the University of Manchester, Brian02 Cox works at CERN in Geneva on the ATLAS experiment, studying the forward proton detectors for the Large Hadron Collider there. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester, working in the High Energy Physics group, and is a research fellow of the Royal Society. He’s also become a vital voice in the UK media for explaining physics to the public. With his rockstar hair and accessible charm, he’s the go-to physicist for explaining heady concepts on British TV and radio. (If you’re in the UK, watch him on “The Big Bang Machine”.) He was the science advisor for the 2007 film “Sunshine”. He answers science questions every Friday on BBC6 radio’s “Breakfast Show”. “If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is …
Tags: Cox, universities, professor, warming
Adaptation of “Frozen,” the Science on a Sphere production from NASA’s acclaimed Scientific Visualization Studio. This production was selected as a finalist in the Special Venue category at the 2009 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.
Tags: south pole, science on a sphere, noaa, warming
Global warming is such a heated debate..haha. Some say it is here and we must act now to stop it, while others see it all as a natural phase or a way for some new world order to make even more money off of us all. While all sides waste time debating this, the wildlife conservation community are seeing some drastic effects on animal populations and their migrations as we speak. Wildlife works in ways we cant fully understand yet. And we are trashing the planet before we can get a chance to really get to know and learn from our animal neighbors. There are so many articles on how the climate change is hurting our resources. I used a lot of ocean references in showing our current pollution trends as the ocean covers much more of the planets surface than land. So if the ocean is getting messed up, just think what we are doing to the land or to the climate! Dont take my word, check out these interesting and informative articles for yourself. Polar Bears and mercury: www.sciencedaily.com Polar Bears International www.polarbearsinternational.org Lions and Polar Bears facing climate changes: news.mongabay.com Climate change & diseased frogs: amphibiaweb.org Save The Frogs www.savethefrogs.com Reports on the garbage dump in the ocean www.youtube.com www.youtube.com China Environment Center: www.facebook.com The National Resources Defense Council: www.nrdc.org World Population: en.wikipedia.org I love this planet and all the crazy people and wildlife on it. We must work and …
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The two things that bother me are that this 2012 movie is coming out now (for reasons I’ll try to explain later), and that I have posted this segment on Friday the 13th. It’s like we don’t already have enough to worry about! The intentional demise of Americanism before our eyes is bad enough, isn’t it? Fortunately, Michio Kaku reassures us that the science of the theory behind the movie, that we’ll be taken out due to planetary alignment, is blatantly lacking in credibility. (Hey, it’s just like the fear tactics of the global warming hysteria!)
Tags: of, mongering, fiction, Kaku
Excerpts from James Lovelock’s lecture on the current climate crisis, global heating and the future of our planet. Will we evolve to become as integral to the planet as the plants and photosynthesis? Can we take up the challenge to see the Earth as one, emergent system, or organism? Our future depends upon that recognition today. Please check out the original content: www.youtube.com As well as the science behind the Gaia Hypothesis: en.wikipedia.org Music: sphongle [[Mabu: yes, looks like the shpongle meme is kicking off]]
Tags: global, lovelock, human, gaia
Universe quantum theory… my point is: if comets etc are moving into the space using complicated mathematical formulas (that you are just learning about- because we are able now to follow their trajectories and sent satellites to intercept them in a certain point ) what about a superior entity (God) that oversee such strict movements and maybe there are other mathematical rules and science facts that you still need to learn about…smarter you become, more close to God you get.
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Scientists think there may have been a time where Earth was completely covered by glaciers. Snow Ball Earth : TUES APRIL 8 8P et/pt : channel.nationalgeographic.com
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“Climate Change and The Global Ocean” is the first episode in the six-part series “Tides of Change”, exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. To find out more visit climate.nasa.gov Want more? Subscribe to NASA on itunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change alter something as vast, deep and mysterious as our oceans? For years, scientists have studied the world’s oceans by sending out ships and divers, deploying data-gathering buoys, and by taking aerial measurements from planes. But one of the better ways to understand oceans is to gain an even broader perspective – the view from space. nasa’s Earth observing satellites do more than just take pictures of our planet. High-tech sensors gather data, including ocean surface temperature, surface winds, sea level, circulation, and even marine life. Information the satellites obtain help us understand the complex interactions driving the world’s oceans today – and gain valuable insight into how the impacts of climate change on oceans might affect us on dry land.
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The new millennium began with questions about the dependability of technology. Well, the Y2K disaster never happened, and technology continued to be our best friend. With artificial hearts and entire face transplants being used with success, the human race was on its way to solving some of lifes huge problems and mysteries. One such unknown was the age of the Universe, a piece of information that was discovered in the 2000s. Space exploration began investigating our planetary neighbor Mars, and found proof that planet once housed water. In this video, www.watchmojo.com reviews these and more scientific milestones from the first decade of the new millennium.
Tags: human, NASA, review, global