Archive for the tag "universe"
Migently Mountain Manifesto: Stave the Second
In one the most savagely beautiful and exceptional works of fiction, the book of John begins, “In the beginning was the word…”
Posted: 2 January, 2013 in Australian Values, Culture, Life, Religion, values.
Tags: Australian Values, capital punishment, emotion, hot shower, Life, murder, promise, showers, swear, universe, values, word
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A Sciencey Xmas, Weird Placebo Effects
A Sciencey Xmas celebration with Robin Ince, Ben Goldacre and Brian Cox, Weird Placebo Effects, Amazing Universe and Onion News is Back with the Palin Effect!
Posted: 20 January, 2011 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, environment, Nature, politics and government, Religion, Science, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: astronomy, Ben Goldacre, Brian Cox, carols, christmas, comedy, cosmology, cosmos, election, humor, humour, Ince, lessons, Morbid Curiosity, nature, nerdstock, Onion, Onion News, Palin, particle physics, placebo, political values, politics, presidential candidate, Professor Brian Cox, quantum physics, Religion, Robin Ince, Science, science values, The Onion, universe, US election, US presidency, xmas
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Amazing Lunar Eclipse Photos
Check out this picture, one of a series taken by Twitter users of yesterday’s total eclipse of the moon, posted on Mashable.
Posted: 22 December, 2010 in Life, Science.
Tags: cosmos, eclipse, lunar, Mashable, moon, photo, photography, pic, romance, Science, solar system, sun, twitter, universe
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Happy Birthday Carl Sagan (Decline and Fall)
Carl Sagan’s birthday present was delivered with a big bang by the Large Hadron Collider this week. Meanwhile a US politician bases science policy on Genesis.
Posted: 10 November, 2010 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, environment, fun, History, movies, mystery, politics and government, Religion, Science, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: american politics, american religious values, ark, Australian Values, bible, big bang, boson, Carl Sagan, church and state, climate change, comedy, cosmic, cosmos, decline and fall, flood, genesis, global warming, gluon, Higgs Boson, humor, humour, impressions, Large Hadron Collider, lead ion, LHC, Mass, Michael Caine, Noah, politics, quark, rainbow, Religion, religious values, Science, science values, scientific values, universe, US Politics, values
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A Brief History of Dog
Stephen Hawking’s new book says “It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.” This has enraged vested interests.
Posted: 4 September, 2010 in History, Maths, Religion, Science.
Tags: big bang, Brief History of Time, creation, genesis, gravity, Hawking, Higgs Boson, journalism, Lord Sacks, Lucasian, M-theory, mathematics, Mlodinow, multiple universes, Newton, origin, Religion, religious values, Science, The Grand Design, universe
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Symphony of Science
This life and evolution video is exceptional. Attenborough, Sagan, Goodall. Three of our greatest heroes. Singing! Watch full screen.
Posted: 7 January, 2010 in Art, environment, Life, music, mystery, Science, values, Video.
Tags: Attenborough, cosmology, cosmos, Darwin, DNA, Earth, environment, Evolution, Goodall, Life, life values, music, Sagan, Science, science values, symphony, universe, values, wonder
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The Known Universe
The Known Universe in scientific detail in 6 minutes. Strap yourself in.
Posted: 20 December, 2009 in Australian Values.
Tags: astronomy, Earth, galaxy, known universe, milky way, observable universe, physics, planet, quasar, Science, solar system, space, universe
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- an extraordinary, sometimes hilarious insight into the mind of a boy with Aspergers includes this ruthless dissection of religion
Posted: 10 September, 2009 in comedy/humour, Life, Religion, Science.
Tags: atheism, black hole, Boeke Prize, book, books, Christopher Boone, Commonwealth Writers' Prize, death, electromagnetic radiation, God, heaven, Literature, Mark Haddon, Religion, religious values, Science, universe, values, Whitbread Book of the Year
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Google’s Privacy Option and the Universe
Head food: Science the way you like it. How come the universe is so smooth and uniform? Is it because… Plus, Google’s new plan to allow people to opt out
Posted: 13 August, 2009 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, Education, Internet, Media, mystery, Science, Video.
Tags: background radiation, big bang, black hole, comedy, cosmology, dark energy, dark matter, email, fundamental particles, google apps, google earth, google local, google maps, gravity, humor, humour, Internet, media values, Onion News Network, ONN, oogle, privacy, satellite, Science, scientific values, street view, universe, value, values, Video
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