Paul Davies: How to Build A Time Machine
Time travel makes great science fiction, but can it really be done? Travel into the future is already a reality, but visiting the past is a much tougher proposition, and may require fantastic resources...
View ArticleSpiritualized – Hey Jane
The video for Hey Jane, the first single from the new album by Spiritualized which is called Sweet Heart Sweet Light. For a limited time NPR offers the chance to listen to the full album online.
View ArticleDavid Lyon on The Culture of Surveillance
Dr David Lyon, the director of the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen’s University in Canada, offers an analysis of ‘the culture of surveillance’
View ArticleCaleb Scharf – Gravity’s Engines
Astrophysicist Caleb Scharf reveals in Gravity's Engines, these chasms in space-time don't just vacuum up everything that comes near them; they also spit out huge beams and clouds of matter. Black...
View ArticleAncient Aliens Debunked
Ancient Aliens Debunked is a 3 hour refutation of the theories proposed on the History Channel series Ancient Aliens. It is essentially a point by point critique of the "ancient astronaut theory" which...
View ArticleThe Last Thing You See : A Final Shot Montage
A meditation on the beautiful, cathartic, and transcendent power of the final shot. Inspired by The Final Image: finalimageblog.com/ MUSIC: "Gathering Storm" by Godspeed You Black Emperor
View ArticleStardust
PostPanic director Mischa Rozema's new short film, Stardust, is a story about Voyager 1 (the unmanned spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system). The probe is the furthest man-made...
View ArticleAre Diverse Communities Possible?
RSA: Assistant professor of Sociology at Michigan State University Zachary Neal explored the potentially paradoxical relationship between neighbourhood integration and cohesion.
View ArticleNoam Chomsky: The Singularity is Science Fiction!
During our 28 minute conversation with Noam Chomsky we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: the balance between his academic and his political life; artificial intelligence and reverse...
View ArticleThe Crackdown: The Global Suppression of Protest
The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report about the crackdown on peaceful protests in democracies around the world – the tactics include excessive (sometimes deadly)...
View ArticleReich & Radiohead
Steve Reich on “Radio Rewrite” and meeting Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead which inspired the piece.
View ArticleMozart: Symphony No. 40 (BSO/Bernstein)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40 as performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
View Article13 misconceptions about global warming
More Veritasium. More good information about global warming/climate change.
View Article3D flight over chaotic Martian terrain
Via ESA: Among the most interesting landforms on Mars are features referred to as ‘chaotic terrain’. Dozens or even hundreds of isolated mountains up to 2000 m high are scattered in these extensive...
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Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey
An open course consisting of a close reading of the text of Volume I of Marx’s Capital in 13 video lectures by Professor David Harvey Ebook of Capital Vol. 1 More on David Harvey
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Riding Light
In our terrestrial view of things, the speed of light seems incredibly fast. But as soon as you view it against the vast distances of the universe, it’s unfortunately very slow. This animation...
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Robert Jay Lifton – Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Doctors and the Holocaust
The video is somewhat funky (video flashes), but the audio is fine, though slightly out of sync. The embedded version skips the introduction. Lifton’s book, The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the...
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John Adams – Fearful Symmetries
Various video performances of John Adams' Fearful Symmetries
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