You’ll find documentaries that will instill the awe of life back into your hopeless bones, cool facts that will make you think and more!
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Holymotherofgod, this is shocking! Ian Millhiser, Center for American Progress joins Thom Hartmann. Is the Supreme Court about to give corporations the right to commit genocide? Believe it or not – that may happen. The High Court has agreed to hear the case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum which could give corporations immunity from … Continue reading »
Decided to gather the videos about LSD that have a scientific/philosophical approach and expanded on the powerful effects it has on the human mind. Found this really fascinating clip from a 1956 television program on mental health issues. Dr Sidney Cohen at the time was dosing random volunteers at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Los … Continue reading »
A friend showed me this interesting video on how to make a laser microscope; with three simple steps you’ll be exploring the microscopic world at home- makes for a fun project to do with your friends or kids! Check it out and try it out. Continue reading »
A short story about the Semantic Web. Some Internet experts believe the next generation of the Web – Web 3.0– will make tasks like your search for movies and food faster and easier. Instead of multiple searches, you might type a complex sentence or two in your Web 3.0 browser, and the Web will … Continue reading »
Found some shocking images taken from London’s Great Smog of ’52 which i had no idea happened. The whole ordeal lasted for four brutal days as the city of London was flooded with poisons smog; a haze so heavy it reduced visibility to only a few meters. This phenomena was the cause of over 12,000 … Continue reading »
“Everything about it would be bad,” says Mark Hammergren, an astronomer at Adler Planetarium in Chicago, starting with the sad attempt to scoop some of that star candy up. Even though white dwarfs are fairly common throughout the universe, the nearest one is still 8.6 light-years away, which is roughly 81,360,544,300 kilometers. So assuming you’ve … Continue reading »
Very interesting drawings by 14th century gun-master Martin Merz; I’ve got to say, that’s one bad ass title to hold. He served Frederick I, the ruler of Elector Palatinate, which was the historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1469 he became the supreme canon master of Frederick’s entire army and remained in service … Continue reading »
