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A brief verbatim description about the volcanic eruption by Leigh Hilbert, the person who shot this clip: The volcanic eruption lava from Pu`u O`o that I recently filmed pouring down through the mostly abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision has now reached the ocean. EDIT: On March 2nd, 2012, the last occupied home in that old subdivision [...]

Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world’s oldest continuously living organisms — from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago’s coast to an “underground forest” in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture. Rachel Sussman is on a quest to celebrate the resilience of life by identifying and photographing continuous-living organisms that are [...]

Where are the baby dinosaurs? In a spellbinding talk from TEDxVancouver paleontologist Jack Horner describes how slicing open fossil skulls revealed a shocking secret about some of our most beloved dinosaurs. Jack Horner and his dig teams have discovered the first evidence of parental care in dinosaurs, extensive nesting grounds, evidence of dinosaur herds, and [...]

How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? is the upcoming ninth full-length album by Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor scheduled for release on 20 February 2012 on One Little Indian. The first single “The Wolf is Getting Married” will be released on 27 February, accompanied by a video directed by Roman Rappak, lead singer of Brenton.

For Children: The resource covers basic logic and faulty arguments, developing student’s critical thinking skills. Suitable for year 8-10, focused on science issues, the module can be adapted to suit classroom plans. The videos can also serve as an introduction to critical thinking for adults not familiar with the subject. The Lessons: Part 1: Critical Thinking [...]

Large Hadron Rap

December 26, 2011

Kate McAlpine rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider! The rapper has a day job (we agree this is a good thing) as a science writer. They’ll have a lot of data to sort. 15 million GB per year, actually. Want to get involved and donate your computer’s downtime? Try LHC@home: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/