In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms.
The Clash of the Titans
The Key to the Cosmos
The Illusion of Reality
Month: November 2007
Hubble – 15 years of Discovery
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is one of the biggest scientific projects of all time. To mark the 15th anniversary on 24 April 2005, the European Space Agency presented a series of unique activities in collaboration with partners all over Europe. These includes an exclusive, full-length DVD film (one of the most widely distributed documentary films ever), a CD of the film soundtrack, a full-colour book and additional educational material.
Climate Sceptics
Richard Black, our website environment correspondent, has been tackling an ambitious challenge he set himself earlier this year. He wanted to get a better understanding of what so-called “climate sceptics” think.
The Big Rip
Scientifically it is just about the most repulsive notion ever conceived.
In the Big Rip model of cosmology, “phantom energy,” a particular kind of dark energy supposedly fueling the accelerating expansion of the universe, will, in the course of time, undo all the bound states prevalent in nature.
RoundPic
Online tool for making anti-aliased rounded corners.
Invisible Book Shelf
Forget that it’s there and wait for the crazy looks on peoples faces when they notice it and can’t figure it out.
Shortening the Universe’s Life
Over the past few years, cosmologists have taken this powerful theory of what happens at the level of subatomic particles and tried to extend it to understand the universe, since it began in the subatomic realm during the Big Bang. But there is an odd feature of the theory that philosophers and scientists still argue about. In a nutshell, the theory suggests that we change things simply by looking at them ~.
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New Scientist reports a worrying new variant as the cosmologists claim that astronomers may have accidentally nudged the universe closer to its death by observing dark energy ~.
Land of Free Stuff
Jolene
[Ray] LaMontagne does not consider himself an entertainer; he writes, records, and performs his music and hopes that, in so doing, sheer passion and music will triumph.
