Category Archives: Science

Gabor Mate – ADHD, Bullying, and the Destruction of American Childhood

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

Part 1   A spike in diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other mental disorders has fueled an unprecedented reliance on pharmaceutical medications to treat children, with long-term effects that remain unknown. Canadian physician and best-selling author, Dr. … Continue reading →

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The Decline of Civilization’s Right Brain: Animated

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin

Renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how the ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society. Below is a short animation of his talk. Click here for the complete lecture. McGilchrist discovered a quotation attributed to Albert … Continue reading →

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Duelity: Darwinist and Creationist Origin Stories Animated

Posted on November 19, 2011 by admin

Duelity from Ryan Uhrich on Vimeo. On the homepage of the project, you can watch the videos separately and download them. Also, the YouTube channel of Vancouver Film School is always worth a visit. Via: Open Culture

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McGill Dances for Cancer Research Lipdub

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

Watch scientists, researchers, and assorted geeks get down! McGill University in Montreal gathered scientists, students, and volunteers to make this dance and lipdub video. Their sponsor, Medicom, is making a donation to the Goodman Cancer Research Centre for each view … Continue reading →

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Freeing energy from the grid – Justin Hall-Tipping

Posted on October 27, 2011 by admin

What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of ‘normal’ can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.

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Brian Cox – Wonders of the Solar System

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

Wonders of the Solar System – Traier

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Richard Feynman on Beauty

Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin

After dismissing the popular notion that scientists are unable to truly appreciate beauty in nature, physicist Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988) explains what a scientist really is and does. Beauty is the first video in The Feynman Series, along with … Continue reading →

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Madness as Muse

Posted on October 12, 2010 by admin

Jamison dispels some of the romance surrounding the life of the depressed artist, and argues that its possible to treat mental illness without losing creative impulses.

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Exuberance, The Passion for Life

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin

Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, speaks about her book “Exuberance, The Passion for Life” at a conference on teacher wellness organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Introduced by … Continue reading →

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Douglas Adams: Parrots, the Universe, and Everything

Posted on August 8, 2010 by admin

Douglas Adams was the best-selling British author and satirist who created The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly before his death, Adams shares hilarious accounts of some of the apparently absurd lifestyles of the … Continue reading →

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