The Future of Open Source? | When Open Source gets monetized
What does the future of open source look like? Recently, more and more open source projects have been sold to commercial companies for a lot of money. Meanwhile, a lot of commercial software is based on open source software. Where does this lead to? How does the community react? We talk about open source. What […]
The Rise Of Open-Source Software
Open-source software powers nearly all the world’s major companies. This software is freely available, and is developed collaboratively, maintained by a broad network that includes everyone from unpaid volunteers to employees at competing tech companies. Here’s how giving away software for free has proven to be a viable business model.
Who Wants To Be A Trillionaire?
There are millions of asteroids in our solar system. Because some are full of materials that are rare on Earth, they have been valued at stupendous amounts. But the most valuable resource in space may be something that’s abundant back on the ground.
Inside The Cryptocurrency Revolution
Bitcoin’s emergence as a global digital currency has been as revolutionary as it has been erratic. But while fledgling investors obsess over every fluctuation in the cryptocurrency market, nation-states are more interested in the underlying blockchain technology and its ability to revolutionize how business is done on the internet and beyond. VICE’s Michael Moynihan travels […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson: What is Dark Matter? What is Dark Energy?
Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a comprehensive analysis of what dark matter and dark energy could be. With his usual wits & style he explains all known hypotheses for what the mysterious substance called dark matter might be. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the most well known astrophysicist of our era if not of all time also asks […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The Weirdness of Quantum Physics
Quantum mechanics is the area of physics that deals with the behaviour of atoms and particles on microscopic scales. Since its inception, the many counter-intuitive aspects and results of quantum mechanics have provoked strong philosophical debates and many interpretations. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains quantum physics in a way that is understandable even for the lay […]
TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross
Is there a border we will never cross? Are there places we will never reach, no matter how hard we try? It turns out, there are. Even with sci-fi technology, we are trapped in a limited pocket of the Universe and the finite stuff within it. How much universe is there for us and how […]
What animals are thinking and feeling, and why it should matter | Carl Safina | TEDxMidAtlantic
Carl Safina takes us inside the lives and minds of animals around the world, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion, showing why the word «it» is often inappropriate as we discover «who» they really are. And yet, we are wiping out the very animals we should celebrate; we are the flood coming […]
You are a Simulation & Physics Can Prove It: George Smoot at TEDxSalford
Astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize winner George Smoot studies the cosmic microwave background radiation — the afterglow of the Big Bang. His pioneering research into deep space and time is uncovering the structure of the universe itself. He has also made a cameo appearance (as himself) in an episode of the ‘Big Bang Theory.’ George […]
Nuevos biobots capaces de nadar
Agencia SINC La llamada robótica blanda trata de imitar las acciones de los organismos vivos, como moverse o percibir el medio ambiente, usando materiales flexibles y ajustables capaces de adaptarse al entorno de forma eficiente. Los científicos llevan años desarrollando robots biohíbridos o biobots, generalmente compuestos por tejido muscular (cardíaco o esquelético) y un esqueleto artificial, que pueden […]
Chimpancés y humanos comparten un ancestro común que vivió a finales del Mioceno
Eva Rodríguez Para entender los orígenes de nuestro linaje es necesario reconstruir la morfología, el comportamiento y el entorno del último ancestro común entre los humanos modernos y otros simios. Sin embargo, no hay consenso científico sobre las posiciones filogenéticas de los diversos y ampliamente distribuidos simios del Mioceno. Estos simios fósiles suelen estar en el […]
Why Humans Can’t Run Cheetah Speeds (70mph) and How We Could | WIRED
Why is it that cheetahs can run so fast? How can humans get to be that fast? Cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Raynor explain why cheetahs are so quick and why humans and limited comparatively.
Dormir menos de 6 horas puede aumentar el riesgo de padecer demencia
MEC. Gisela Aguilar Martínez. La demencia no es una enfermedad concreta, se trata de una afección que abarca un conjunto de síntomas que pueden ir desde la perdida de las habilidades cognitivas o sociales, pasando por la dificultad para pensar o comunicarse, hasta la pérdida de recuerdos. El proceso del sueño involucra al sistema glifático, […]