The Hubble Heritage: A Legacy of Images from Deep Space
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/26/Ian_Morison_400_Years_of_the_Telescope Gresham Professor of Astronomy Ian Morison discusses some of the most memorable images from NASA's nearly 20-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. ----- A lecture to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first use of a telescope to observe the heavens by Galil... Read more
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- -: The Hubble Heritage: A Legacy of Images from Deep Space
January 20, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/26/Ian_Morison_400_Years_of_the_Telescope Gresham Professor of Astronomy Ian Morison discusses some of the most memorable images from NASA's nearly 20-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. ----- A lecture to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first ...
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- -: Are Human Rights Fundamental to Democracy? - Richard Harries
February 18, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/14/Richard_Harries_Does_God_Believe_in_Human_Rights Lord Richard Harries considers human rights a necessary measure to protect minorities from "the potential tyranny of the majority." "Human beings need to be protected from one another, hence we have the...
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- -: The Birth of the Long Now Foundation - Brian Eno
March 4, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/Long-Term_Thinking_in_the_Next_10000_Years Composer Brian Eno recalls how he and Stewart Brand joined up to co-found The Long Now Foundation. Eno says his interest in long-term thinking was sparked by moving to a dysfunctional New York in 1978, where ...
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- -: Does Democracy Inhibit Long-Term Thinking?
March 9, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/Long-Term_Thinking_in_the_Next_10000_Years Is democracy less conducive to long-term thinking as compared to other forms of government, such as monarchy? Alexander Rose, Executive Director of The Long Now Foundation, says yes. He describes democracy as...
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- -: Cities That Pre-Date Religion: Real Estate and Human Civilization - Stewart Brand
March 17, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/Long-Term_Thinking_in_the_Next_10000_Years Why are there so many histories of architecture, but none of real estate? Futurist Stewart Brand discusses the central role that land has played throughout human civilization. ----- Long Finance is an initi...
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- -: Statistically Speaking, You Shouldn't Be Here
October 26, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/30/A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Everything_Bill_Bryson Author Bill Bryson marvels at the extraordinary sequence of events over billions of years that had to occur to make the life of every person possible. From the random collection of atoms to the extremel...
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- -: Ben Franklin's Kite-Flying Experiment Never Happened
November 2, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/30/A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Everything_Bill_Bryson While Benjamin Franklin's numerous contributions to science and public life have elevated him to an "almost godlike" status in the United States, author Bill Bryson debunks the most popular myth about t...
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- -: What Would Happen If You Fell into a Black Hole?
January 19, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/27/Ian_Morison_Why_Not_to_Fear_Black_Holes British astronomer Ian Morison describes a bleak, yet comical, prognosis should you happen to fall into a black hole. Dubbed "spaghettification" extreme gravitational forces would quickly stretch your body like ...
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- -: Does Sex Addiction Exist?
March 12, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/22/Glenn_Wilson_Sex_Wars Is sex addiction a legitimate disease? Sex psychologist Glenn Wilson has doubts. Wilson argues that such terms allow individuals to evade responsibility for bad behavior, and may even be traced back to pharmaceutical companies w...
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- -: Sexually Promiscuous? Blame It On Anatomy
March 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/22/Glenn_Wilson_Sex_Wars British psychologist Glenn Wilson asserts that evidence of promiscuity in primates can be determined anatomically. Wilson compares the genital size and sexual practices of several primate species, including orangutans and chimpan...
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