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Since its independence from France in 1946, Syria has been rocked by periods of political instability. As the colonial hold of the great powers began to fade and the region witnessed a wave of Arab nationalism, which shifted Syria through a succession of military coups. However, in 1970, Hafez al-Assad, an ambitious minister of defence, seized control. … Continue reading »
It’s not everyday you can see footage of another planet, yet alone a rovers hasty approach toward alien terrain but today you can! It took four laborious weeks for Bard Canning to turn the original 4 frames per second Curiosity decent into an ultra-resolution, smooth-motion, detail-enhanced, color-corrected, 30 frames per second video. This is real-time film, which shows … Continue reading »
It’s no stroboscopic light levitation effect at play here or a wizards trick, although in the past it would be considered as such. This is actually the result of two sound waves, shot from speakers parallel from each other, causing the waves to perfectly interfere with one another creating a phenomenon known as a standing wave. No, … Continue reading »
I love Daft Punk and anyone who is a fan should give this anime a serious watch since it’s a collection of cartoon clips from their album Discovery which has some classic DP tunes. On a side note, I found this because for some bizarre reason I had a nonfigurative flashback of viewing this as … Continue reading »
In this intriguing documentary, philosopher Roger Scruton argues that 20th century art, architecture and music have shunned beauty and have instead made a cult out of ugliness, which Scruton says will lead humanity towards a complete spiritual wasteland. He will try to prove the importance of beauty in the arts and in our own lives using the … Continue reading »
You’ve had a series of unfortunate events, made some bad choices and met up with all the wrong people. Now you’re on your knees with your hands tied behind your back, looking down at your own grave with a pistol stuck on the back of your skull- ready to fire. What would you do? Cry … Continue reading »
This could be a set piece for the movie Water World, it sure is big enough to be just that but it’s not, it’s actually the worlds smallest country! The Principality was founded in 1967 in international waters, roughly six miles off the eastern shores of Britain. The country started off being nothing more than … Continue reading »
Sorry for the misleading title but I could see this being a prospective Apple product one of these days, which is worrying and quite thrilling- Siri’s replacement is a sentient robot friend. As my cousin said when he saw this, “it’s hard enough to compete with other humans, now can you imagine going against that?” … Continue reading »
I truly, wholeheartedly, passionately love books, soI jumped at the opportunity to watch this BBC special when I had the chance to. The Machine That Made Us is a documentary in which Stephen Fry examines the story behind the first media entrepreneur, printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg, to find out why he did it and how, a … Continue reading »
I recently went back to my birth place of Indonesia, where I stayed on the island of Bali, one of the hundreds chained along the Indonesian peninsula. I was there on a mixture of holiday fun and to see my lovely older sister get married, it was quite the joyous occasion and somewhat mind-blowing (the … Continue reading »
It’s rare for me to find a video that makes me smile with absolute awe; but tonight folks I have found just that. The University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab have been the stars of the Quadrotor scene, by first showing the extremities of quadrotor flight, and now with this perfectly executed … Continue reading »
Do you know what a master equipment operator is capable of? The video above flaunts Youtube user Bobcatninja2124‘s amazing ability to manipulate his mechanical dinosaur (a Bobcat E50) with utmost accuracy- he’s so good at what he does he manages to do this feat on his first try. What a boss. Continue reading »
Finally, i have the time to write again! Sorry for my long absence, I’ve been on a backpacking trip around Japan and have finally arrived in Indonesia for some R&R with my family. I still wont be posting as often as i used to but that will all change once i arrive back to the … Continue reading »
I found this unbelievably amazing video today of Charlie Chaplin giving one of the most impressive monologues; I was left with my jaw agape, this was the first time i ever heard him produce any sort of sound- I feel obligated to watch the rest of his works. I nabbed a transcript of it and … Continue reading »
If you haven’t heard, for four nights last week Warsaw echoed the whomps and hisses of exploding tear-gas bombs, the thuds of rubber truncheons and the taunting cries of “Gestapo, Gestapo,” which came from the throats of thousands of rioting polish university students. It has been the most severe civil disturbance since the Poznan rebellion … Continue reading »
If there are any sociopaths out there who want a step-by-step guide on destroying civilization, you’ve come to the right place. This hilarious 3D animation created with motion capture technology guides you through all the things needed to culture an unstoppably destructive strain of nanobots and additional information on how to loose your soul; so … Continue reading »
I have my psychology exam coming up and along with the enormous amounts of cramming being done, is the rekindling of my passion for Jungian and Freudian thought. I decided today to spend some time building up my science category, to even out the site a bit; the artsy side of my mind has been … Continue reading »
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the extraordinary mind of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. In 1907 Sigmund Freud met a young man and fell into a conversation that is reputed to have lasted for 13 hours. That man was the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Freud is celebrated as the great pioneer of the 20th … Continue reading »
