Archive for August, 2010
The Lost Pyramids Of Caral .::. =video=
• August, 2010The Lost Pyramids Of Caral – a BBC Horizon documentary The Lost Pyramids Of Caral The magnificent ancient city of pyramids at Caral in Peru hit the headlines in 2001. The site is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilisation in the Americas and, at 2,627 BC, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt. Many now believe it is the fabled missing link of archaeology –…
Brazil air force to record UFO sightings
• August, 2010Brazil’s government has ordered its air force to officially record any sighting of unidentified flying objects. A government decree said all military and civilian pilots as well as air traffic controllers should register any UFO sightings with the national aerospace defence command. The information will be stored in the national archives in Rio de Janeiro. It will be made available to researchers, including those seeking evidence of extraterrestrial life.…
Total Isolation – BBC Horizon .::. =video=
• August, 2010Total Isolation – a BBC Horizon documentary <<Editors notE>> What does complete isolation feel like? 3 Volunteers face 48 hours alone in a pitch-black sound-proofed room without human contact and exposed to an unchanging environment. Of course, a test like this one isn’t necessarily necessary (:p ) since many people have been tortured in this particular way in plenty of prison camps all over the world, whether it was…
“Richard Dawkins” on our bizarre universe .::. =video=
• August, 2010Queerer Than We Suppose: The Strangeness Of Science Richard Dawkins is Oxford University’s “Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.” Author of the landmark 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, he’s a brilliant (and trenchant) evangelist for Darwin’s ideas. In this talk, titled, “Queerer Than We Suppose: The strangeness of science,” he suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us, because the human mind evolved only to understand…
BIG BANG BIG BOOM – by BLU .::. =video=
• August, 2010BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU .::. <<video>> BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. <<Editors notE>> Great stuff as always, keep an eye on “blu” and this post. In the near future we’ll give a special on this artist in particular and watch some more of his projects.
Xzibit – Hurt Locker Remix Contest – DJ Neil =Ended=
• August, 2010Xzibit – Hurt Locker Remix Contest Contest has ended. Thanks for voting!!! Just a favor to ask from all you readers out there. If u like the remix below made by DJ Neil for a remix contest (Xzibit), please do vote him into the sky . Thanks either way for listening (check song below:) What do you have to lose by doing a good deed? Bring it on!
Spain’s spectacular solar power plants =pictures=
• August, 2010Spain’s spectacular solar power plants channelling the blazing Seville sun Mention solar power and people imagine weedy photovoltaic panels blighting the roofs of eco-friendly households and generating barely enough electricity to run a toaster. But the future of solar power could well be a lot more spectacular. There are actually two solar power plants in the picture above, spread around two towers. The larger array on the left, called…
