Academic Lectures
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View ArticleThe Tail of Two BDNF Transcripts
In animal brains, there is a gene called the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) that is important for neurons in the hippocampus to grow and connect to each other, processes that are the basis of...
View ArticleThe Double Slit Experiment
One of the key experiments in physics is called the double slit experiment. The experiment very elegantly demonstrates why quantum physics is so counter intuitive. The double slit experiment shows that...
View ArticleEinstein Prediction Shown Correct… AGAIN!
Two years ago, I blogged about how Einstein’s E=mc2 was supported by experimental evidence. Well now an international group of astronomers have observed evidence that supports another prediction from...
View ArticleRichard Dawkins Interview
Finally a sensible (and civil!) interview with Prof Dawkins in a mainstream news channel, AlJazeera English. The interviewer, Riz Khan, explores the whole evolution/creationism/intelligent design...
View ArticleA New Way to Age?
A very interesting paper has just been published about [review=http://www.cell.com/content/article/fulltext?uid=PIIS0092867408007071]aging in worms[/review]. The paper basically uncovers evidence that...
View ArticleWater Confirmed on Mars; Liquid Lake on Titan
NASA just scored a double whammy: water is now confirmed for the first time ever on Mars and a liquid hydrocarbon lake, which is the only other place in the solar system that has liquid on its surface....
View ArticleWhat Does an Ant Colony Look Like?
I found this very cool video about scientists studying ant colonies. They found a large grass-cutter ants colony and studied how the colony is ventillated. In another colony, they poured a ridiculous...
View ArticleSpace News Round-up
There has been a lot of cool and very exciting astronomy news lately that I want to share with you in one big gulp. First up is news about a new massive object discovered at the edge of the solar...
View ArticleProtein Synthesis Science Video
We’ve already seen a video about how proteins are made. That video, from 1970, used humans to illustrate the science in a fun and energetic (if a touch weird) way. Well now someone has made a new video...
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