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How Fear Drives American Politics 

His TED talk is a MUST

Harry Baker’s Love Poem For Lonely Prime Numbers 

Blogs about science do not often have poetry, and when they do I suspect it’s not what most folks would call good poetry, but here is an exception, and I think you’ll agree, thanks to Harry Baker, it’s an exceptional exception. Baker is studying maths in the UK, and this Ted Talk is from an event in Exeter, a PRIME location, I should mention, to explore the beautiful south and

Funny, Scary, Fascinating, and Geeky. What You Missed in Science This Week. 

I am going to start doing a weekend post here with links and images from the world of geek that caught my eye this week. First up is Will Marshall and the TED talk below. Data is the fuel that science runs on, and he has figured out a way to harvest a LOT of it.   Guess what body of water is the 4th fastest warming on Earth? This

Predicting Weather & Climate- Gavin Schmidt’s TED Talk is A Must See 

I use atmospheric models everyday, and without them the forecast you see on TV or online everyday would be worth little beyond about 48 hours (it would not be very accurate within that time period either). These days, a seven-day forecast will verify much better than a three-day outlook was in the 1970′s, and the improvement continues. Unfortunately, some people see these models as untrustworthy black boxes, and have little understanding

Possible Noel Bait: A Ted Talk on the Three Large Mexican Drug Cartels 

Noel talks about these folks more.  I think we ought to try to convince him to get up and speak at Ted about them.  Or energy.  Or trade.  Or a myriad of things.   Noel!  Do you have some lectures online

Ted Talk on MMI 

Charla TED de Philip Plait: ¿Cómo protegernos de los asteroides? 

Philip Plait, también conocido como The Bad Astronomer por el nombre de su página web, es un científico que trabaja en el departamento de astronomía y física de la Universidad Estatal de Sonoma y que colabora con la NASA. A finales del pasado año, Plait dió una didáctica y divertida charla TED (TED Talk, de la organización sin ánimo de lucro TED, acrónimo de Tecnología, Entretenimiento y