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How simple ideas lead to great discoveries
(27) | 28/03/2012 | Translate: The Adam Savage explains how simple ideas led the human mind to major scientific discoveries, while recounting some examples from the past.
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The war against science In yet another case where we have not learned anything from history, modern society continues the war on Science. Science and society are often in conflict as we have seen from the past and present. Scientific discoveries, such as that the Earth is round, that our planet revolves around the Sun or that diseases spread through germs, ideas that were once rejected by the society, While anyone who discussed here will fire burned. Today we see the same phenomena with the rejection of scientific evidence about vaccinations, that lead to the reappearance of diseases such as measles, which had disappeared in 2000. Also, the rejection of scientific evidence about climate change, Despite the overwhelming consensus among scientists.- Do not throw the rolls away from the toilet paper This guy had the idea to put a roll of toilet paper in a microwave and made an incredible discovery. The rolls explode like popcorn and turn into toilet paper again. The video is of course humorous. Don't try it at home!
- The first video of a bacterium absorbing DNA to evolve For the first time, Scientists at Indiana University recorded on video a bacterium "grabs" DNA and to absorb to accelerate evolution. This discovery may help fight bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. The researchers found one of the bacterial processes, which is 10.000 times thinner than a human hair, stretching and grabs DNA fragments from the environment. Then the bacteria integrated the fragment in his DNA. This process is known as "horizontal gene transfer".
- myths & conspiracies. Ep.1 There is a myth everywhere ... with conspiracy.
The human mind is fascinated with myths, conspiracies and events that reach the limits of imagination.
In this episode series exploring global scope myths.
Roswell, Kennedy assassination, the Da Vinci code, man on the moon and more "scenarios", that occupied people and the media for a long period of time.
good viewing! ;-)
- A small Dolphin dies for some photos On a beach in the resort of Santa Teresita in Argentina, It happened last week in an incident that demonstrates once again the boundless human stupidity. Tourists find a baby dolphin at the water's edge and a man had the bright idea to pull out out of the water. Fast, the curious crowd gathers around the animal to pull a new photo the small mammal seem to walk around like a trophy. Unfortunately, the little Dolphin has no metabolism in order to withstand high temperatures and dies out of water by dehydration. It was a dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei, and only 30.000 of them exist worldwide. The species is classified as vulnerable by the WWF.
- Returning from the supermarket Surely at some point of our life, We've all tried to do the impossible: to transfer countless bags of supermarket at home with only one path. Either rush or just lazy, seems like a good idea at the time. And this until the bags to leave us almost permanent scars in the hands, or fall to the ground something brittle. In this funny parody, comedian Nik Smith impersonates the weary and headstrong wife after a ride at a supermarket. All he has on his mind is the completion of the mission. You will succeed;
- Would you buy the shirt € 2; For a social experiment, organizing Fashion Revolution had the idea of mounting a distributor who sells blouses 2 € on the streets of Berlin. Fascinated by the very low cost of clothes, passers-by put a coin in the vending machine. Just choose your model and size, starts a video that shows a little history about the conditions of production of this cheap product. Manisha's story, a young among others working to 16 hours a day, for a wage of 13 cents per hour. These images reveal how the clothes at very low prices often conceal a very sad reality. A blouse of 2 € or a gin of 10 € is not something uncommon nowadays. Unfortunately, the world does not understand who pays the actual value. Before you pick up the blouse, passers-by had a choice, to buy or make a gift of € 2 to charity battling against human exploitation.
- A human colony on Mars 2024 There was always speculation about whether or not Mars will ever be habitable planet for humans. With the discoveries of NASA is no longer possible to conserve life on Mars, and after decades of studying the red planet, an organisation is planning to make this dream come true. The "Mars One" is a non-profit foundation in the Netherlands that plans to build a permanent facility people on Mars. This effort began in 2011 by Bas Lansdorp and Arno Wielders. 2015, volunteers search for travel has been limited to 100 candidates. 2024, the Mars project One will be ready so that the first four finalists to permanently colonize the planet.
- GARDEN OF Yalom (Yalom’s Cure) trailer HD 11 DECEMBER, in movies! The film "Gialom Garden" is more than a classic biography. It is a journey, an existential journey to the levels of the human mind, with our fellow Dr Gialom, the fundamental ideas and wisdom. Irvine's books have Gialom millions of readers worldwide and critics describe him as a writer who "inspires", «surprise», «haunting», "it causes the mind ' and ' life-changing '.
- What happens if I break an egg into the sea; Have you ever wondered what would happen if you break an egg into the sea; The mobile phone company Nokia wanted to discover it and thus carried out an experiment.
Perhaps you have seen in the past how is an egg without shell in water, but this particular video shows and another item that we did not know until now.
- How languages evolve During human history, thousands of languages have evolved from a much smaller number. This Ted video-Ed explains how linguists distribute languages for families, and how these language trees can give us important information about the past.
- The great discovery of Archimedes When the King of Sicily appointed him to check if the Crown is from pure gold or if he had been deceived by a goldsmith, the mathematician Archimedes had an idea that made him famous. - A very nice animation from TEDed, for the discovery of the principle of specific gravity of Archimedes.
- Accident with darts A stupid idea: Shoot a dart at a target located directly in front of a window.
- Guitar with swivel neck Musician Charles Berthoud plays an electric bass guitar with a swivel neck created by YouTuber and engineer Mattias Krantz. Krantz got the idea to create this funny guitar while watching a Beatles documentary where Magic Alex (Alexis Mardas) gave John Lennon a double-sided neck guitar (electric and bass). Unfortunately, the guitar was not functional. The idea behind this guitar is to allow the musician to quickly change instruments by turning the neck. The rotation system is activated by a pedal, which allows switching from one "instrument" to another in a matter of seconds. Unlike previous prototypes, this guitar is fully functional.
- The boat abandoned the surfer A man attempts to surf behind his speedboat, while this moves ungovernable. It wasn't a very good idea.
πολύ ωραίο βίντεο…αν έχετε και την συνέχεια ή ολόκληρη την διάλεξη, νομίζω ότι αξίζει να την ποστάρετε…ο adam savvage πάντα έχει εντυπωσιακές ομιλίες….
(for fun but put their videos fast with helium and barium)….
The lecture ends here, just the Savage continues for a while with an epilogue which we decided not to include. I look and other videos, It is enough that we want to put