Science already has awards, lots and lots of them. The problem is that, despite the fact that science and technology have a far deeper impact on people’s daily lives than anything that comes out of Hollywood, most people don’t know about or care about science awards. However, that is not entirely the fault of the…
Is there an alien world 700 miles below us, in the ocean under the ocean?
The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean, it’s about 6.8 miles deep, it’s very cold, completely cut off from sunlight and has a pressure of about 1,000 times that of sea level – but life is abundant there. So far, everyplace we’ve found water, we’ve also found life. But what about the…
A new, free, streaming service for classic and cult classic TV
Streaming services are rapidly replacing TV networks and cable providers. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Go and Showtime Anytime are just the start. Individual networks are racing to start their own streaming services or make deals with existing ones and cable companies are sort of spinning in circles, trying to make programming available online and…
570 million years of evolution in 60 seconds (video)
This short video beautifully illustrates the history of life (as we know it) on Earth in just 60 seconds. Its real point, I think, is that humans are pretty new at all of this which is true. People tend to take this though as some kind of admonishment or warning: a sort of “we’re pretty…