Common Physics Misconceptions
Antimatter Explained
La partícula que es materia y antimateria a la vez
Nuño Domínguez En 1937, un joven y brillante físico italiano llamado Ettore Majorana predijo la existencia de una partícula aparentemente imposible. No tenía carga y, por tanto, podía comportarse a la vez como si estuviese hecha de materia y antimateria. Hacía solo unos años que Paul Dirac, otro joven y brillante físico británico, había explicado […]
Understanding Ebola: Outbreak In Guinea
By: Roxanne Palmer [Update: As of October 1, 2014, the West African Ebola outbreak has spread to at least five countries, with 6,574 cases—3,626 confirmed by laboratory tests—and 3,091 deaths. The first case diagnosed in the U.S., a person that traveled from West Africa to Dallas, Texas, was announced on September 30.] An Ebola virus […]
Einstein’s Big Idea HD 1080p
How does the brain work / Nova 1080p HD
How the human brain works
Preparing for Alien Life (Synopsis)
Posted by Ethan “Language… has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.” –Paul Tillich One of the biggest questions in all of science is that of just how ubiquitous — or rare — life in the Universe is. With […]
Consulta y consenso, las vías para reformas en educación superior
Alejandra Galván. Héctor Rojas. Educación Futura Hasta el momento, las instituciones de educación superior han procesado sólo de dos formas las consultas a su comunidad académica, las formales o institucionales y las asambleas, no obstante, ambas, al momento de tomar decisiones importantes para las casas de estudio, han resultado ineficaces, alerta el investigador de El […]
Movernos ¿hacia dónde?
Rubén Álvarez Mendiola / Editorial Educación Futura El gobierno de la República tendrá que explicar ahora a la sociedad entera cómo espera que nos sigamos moviendo. Si, como dice machaconamente la publicidad oficial –y el presidente Peña Nieto lo repitió varias veces en su 2º. Informe de Gobierno-, el país está en movimiento tras el […]
Hacking Life’s Code: Watch ‘Designer Genes’
World Science Festival Staff Should there be limits on using genetic techniques to help couples conceive? What about using genetic engineering to make humans healthier—or even enhancing humanity by manipulating DNA? See geneticist George Church, fertility specialists Paula Amato and Jamie Grifo, and bioethicists Sheldon Krimsky and Nita Farahany mull our fast-evolving future in “Designer Genes: Fashioning […]
Throwback Thursday: How Big is Our Observable Universe? (Synopsis)
Posted by Ethan “The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes But it isn’t just your mind that expands as time goes on and you increase your knowledge, but the entire Universe as well. General Relativity, as it turns out, doesn’t leave us with […]
This Week In Science: Walruses Invade, Cyanide Clouds, And A Surprising Discovery On The Moon
World Science Festival Staff Seven days; lots of science in the news. Here’s our roundup of this week’s most notable and quotable items: 35,000 walruses came ashore on an Alaskan beach, seeking a resting place in lieu of their preferred perch, sea ice, which is becoming rarer in the Arctic. Five separate studies say Australia’s record-smashing 2013 heat […]
