Monday, May 31, 2010

James Randi Speaks: Powered by Sunlight



"Can a person survive on just air? Or maybe as a professor in a recent study says "If he is not derive energy from food and water, he must be doing that from energy sources around him, sunlight being one

There have been many claimants over the years for the Million Dollar Challenge who say that they have survived for years without ingesting any food or water. Unfortunately when they are really put to the test they fail."

Original Story:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100510/tod-starving-yogi-astounds-indian-scient-451ab4f.html

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Funny or Die presents Dana Carvey as Charles Darwin



(Via Pharyngula)

TEDTalks Dee Boersma: Pay attention to penguins

"Think of penguins as ocean sentinels, says Dee Boersma -- they're on the frontlines of sea change. Sharing stories of penguin life and culture, she suggests that we start listening to what penguins are telling us."



(Via TED)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria?

"Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new, mosquito-zapping gizmo you have to see to believe."

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Christopher Hitchens: The Fifth Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture

"Christopher Hitchens speaks on Crucibles: Past and Present followed by a conversation with PEN World Voices Festival Chair, Salman Rushdie."

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Richard Dawkins: Did Religion Have an Evolutionary Value?

"Richard Dawkins argues that humanity's historical predisposition towards religion and supernatural beliefs may have had an evolutionary utility. "The rule of thumb: 'Believe whatever your parents tell you,' quite clearly could have survival value," says Dawkins."



Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/01/Meet_The_Author_Richard_Dawkins

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Axis of Awesome - What Would Jesus Do?

"He’s a zombie-wizard who also knows kung-fu, so next time you’re in trouble thinking “What Would Jesus Do?,” try not to forget, he’s a million billion trillion times better than you"



(Via Atheist Media)