FUNtastic Physics by TK

\ Do you have a lot of ideas but no clue how to organize them? Or maybe ideas come to you and by the time you have a chance to record them, you've forgotten? Enter the Spark File. As Alex Hillman explains, this tool doesn't just capture half-baked ideas—it helps you turn small concepts into great things. Steven Johnson  is one of my favorite authors. I wish I could remember who introduced me to him so I could thank them. The first book of his I read was  The Invention of Air , and his most recent  Where Good Ideas Come From . Where Good Ideas Come From in 4 Minutes Recently, Steven started a series called " The Writers Room ". Truth be told, his last post is nearly a month old but has moved me so hard for the last month that I wanted to share. Enter the Spark File The  Spark File , Steven describes, is a process/tool that he uses to collect "half-baked ideas" and then revisit them. For eight years, he's maintained a single docu

OMG..!!!!! Can yyou Believe this...!!!! I find this extremely hard to believe, but according to new research published in Nature Neuroscience, scientists have invented a method to induce memories in brains for the first time in history. Total Recall—here we come. The  study —published by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's Professor of Neurosciences and Physiology/Biophysics Ben Strowbridge, PhD, and MD/PhD student Robert A. Hyde—shows a method to store different types of short-term memories, which they have successfully tested in brain tissue stored in vitro. Titled "Mnemonic Representations of Transient Stimuli and Temporal Sequences in Rodent Hippocampus In Vitro", their paper describes how they used a piece of mouse brain tissue to form the necessary circuits to record a short-term declarative memory. This type of memory can be something like names, places and events. These neural circuits—located in the hippocampus—retained the

 Ashoke Sen :   India's million -dollar   scientist  Professor Ashoke Sen does not know yet what he will do with the $3m windfall Continue reading the main story "Who Says that B.Sc. Physics is the degree of Low Reputation??!" -Tushar Vaghasiya PHYSICS is the only thing that gives you MONEY... REPUTATION... JOY of your JOB... -Tushar Vaghasiya Consistency of the work can do something AMAZING.. -Tushar Vaghasiya Indian scientist Ashoke Sen became a millionaire overnight when he won the $3m (£1.9m) Fundamental Physics Prize, the world's most lucrative academic award, recently. Science writer Pallava Bagla speaks to the physicist. Ashoke Sen is a shy, reclusive Indian particle physicist working from a non-descript laboratory in the Harish-Chandra Research Institute in the not-so-happening town of Allahabad in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Yet, today he is one of the richest professors in the world, having been conferred th

      You have to see it to believe it:  Slinkies  look crazy not just tumbling down stairs but in free fall. In a new video, YouTube's favorite  Slow Mo Guys  capture the puzzling dynamics of the iconic toy at 1,600 frames per second on a  Phantom Flex  camera. The video, which we discovered via the curators of awesomeness at  L aughing Squid , is not the first to look at the phenomenon and the Slow Mo guys ( Gavin Free  and  Daniel Gruchy ) are willing to admit their take is not exactly super informative.  Luckily Rhett Allain, an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University, has  an in-depth look at the science at work over at Wired . He cites the YouTube series  Vertiasium , which went viral with a similar falling-Slinky demo last fall. In the video below, physicist  Rod Cross  explains that the tension of the spring counters the pull of gravity ("equal and opposite forces"), holding the bottom end of the Slinky in place until it "gets

Neil Armstrong: The First person to walk on moon?? Hello Readers ,   My Condolences  as   Armstrong landed on the moon July 20, 1969 on Apollo 11 spacecraft. He is remembered for his widely quoted remark which he made on landing: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, died Saturday 25th of August ,2012. But some of the people ,including scientists do not believe that he was the first person to walk on moon ......and they said he never went to moon and it was a drama made by Government of America in order to pressurize other countries .For that i have gathered some of evidences. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE Issue 1 : Since the Moon has only one light source, the Sun, the shadows must be in line. But in this cases, it looks as if there are multiple light sources in moon, which is not possible. Issue 2: The foreground of many images of the astronauts on the Moon are filled in with light, while the shadows remain absolutely black, again proving that t

(Aug. 25, 2012)  — Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died, following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of his historic moonwalk. (Credit: NASA) Armstrong's words "That is one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind," spoken on July 20, 1969, as he became the first person ever to step onto another planetary body, instantly became a part of history. Those few words from the Sea of Tranquillity were the climactic fulfillment of the efforts and hopes of millions of people and the expenditure of billions of dollars. A plaque on one of the lander's legs that concluded "We came in peace for all mankind," further emphasized that Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were there as representatives of all human

Fabulous Futuristic Liquid Watch Concept  Two bellows are used to push and drag the liquid to demonstrate the time on the scale. The Hydro by HYT uses a liquid filled chamber to show the hours using glowing green goo in a round tube. On the right is an authority reserve indicator for the automatic movement. The minutes are displayed in the middle of the features with a dedicated dial, and there is a water turbine chic supplementary seconds hand to the left of it. The movement has a power reserve of 65 hours and is noticeable through the rear of the wristwatch. Technical Specifications of HYT: Functions:  Retrospective fluid hours, seconds and minutes. Case:  Titanium; diameter: 48.8 mm, bead blasted and satin brushed come to an end, titanium circlet guard, and width: 17.9 mm brushed, rubber clad screw-lock crown, screw-locked added lugs, and metal dome at 06:00 Crystal:  Cambered azure crystal with glare proofed center, screw-down azure rear Strap:  Hand sewn lea

A Review of "The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin" The cover of the hardcover edition of The Trouble with Physics, by Lee Smolin Houghton Mifflin The Bottom Line This book is an accessible discussion of major topics in theoretical physics and string theory, but presents a view which is certainly not the consensus among the theoretical physics community. I'd suggest reading another book on string theory and then reading Smolin's account. No one can claim to understand string theory without having read and addressed the criticisms presented by Smolin. Pros Provides a comprehensive look at the history and development of string theory. Critically analyzes the failure of string theory to live up to some of the most dramatic claims. Attacks the current funding processes and institutional biases in scientific research and academia. Presents other areas of research that are being pursued. The book is heavily referenced, allowing for further indepen