Parallel Universes: Many Worlds
MinutePhysics looks at the mind-boggling many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, which implies that all possible alternative histories and futures are real. [Via MinutePhysics]
Category: Science
Ken Jennings: Watson, Jeopardy and me [TED Talk]
Trivia whiz Ken Jennings has made a career as a keeper of facts; he holds the longest winning streak in history on the U.S. game show Jeopardy. But in 2011, he played a challenge...
MoG Weekend Project: Paper Timelapse
I decided to publish some of my own personal projects on MoG in a new category: MoG Weekend Project. In this first MoG Weekend Project I will publish my paper2movie script. Back in December...
Happy Pi Day!
It’s March 14th (3-14 in the US date notation), in other words happy π day! [Via numberphile]
Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun
Eruptive events on the sun can be wildly different. Some come just with a solar flare, some with an additional ejection of solar material called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and some with complex...
The danger of mixing up causality and correlation
Ionica Smeets explains the danger of mixing up causality and correlation at TEDx Delft. Thanks for sharing, Albert! [Via Youtube]
Let’s teach kids to code [TED talk]
Coding isn’t just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab — it’s for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can...
Which Came First – The Chicken or the Egg?
It has perplexed humanity from as early as the Ancient Greeks. So which came first, the chicken or the egg? We take a crack at this curious conundrum. [Via youtube]
