The link pages on this site are a simple dump of my pinboard bookmarks. This allows me to search them from this site and ensures I have a backup, but it remains much easier to browse them on the pinboard site (via previous link). Btw, I highly recommend pinboard. They provide simple no-nonsense functionality, the pinboard blog is refreshingly honest and their support is quick, friendly and helpful. It's well worth the small cost. And in case you're wondering, I am not affiliated with pinboard in any way - I just like the cut of their jib!
Globaïa is a global education organization whose mission is to foster a consistent and informed participation of citizens in environmental issues by understanding the multiple dimensions of today's world and its likely future.
Ref No: DHP002A The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy continues to flourish as an established centre of excellence in historical research and teaching.
Lab that reconstructs viewed images from brain activity.
A nice children's cartoon that introduces the oddities of the double slit experiment with electrons.
A collaborative weblog created to encourage exchanges among anthropology, philosophy, social theory, and the brain sciences.
Transcript of David Nutt's lecture on drug regulation and control. i.e. how he would reclassify drugs, including alcohol and tobacco.
"...a weekly Science podcast talkshow discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view. "
"A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource."
"This site exists to formalise the idea of an organic logic as a counterpart to mechanical logic. ... You can read about feral children, dreaming, the evolution of language, Vygotskian psychology, brain development, IQ research, neural codes and animal minds. Then there is the new stuff about the Big Bang, relativity, strings, quantum mechanics."
"Our purpose here at RationalWiki includes the following:
1. Analyzing and refuting the anti-science movement.
2. Analyzing and refuting the full range of crank ideas.
3. Explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism. "
A video created by Amanda Baggs giving us a brief glimpse of what it is to be autistic.
Basic, consise overview of quantum mechanics and the possibilities it brings.
Video talks by "the world's greatest thinkers and doers".
A simple experiment showing why you shouldn't use your mobile phone at a petrol station. Not sure whether it's true or not - a search on snopes doesn't help: http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/static.asp
An interesting blogs about the mind.
Interesting planet and star size comparison.
Great animation informing you about effects of the different drugs on the brain.
The beginning of the world according to Azimov.
Article about people's perception of time, citing the "armagedon experiements" that offer a viable explanation for how we perceive time.
Colorblindness is typically a genetic condition, and it is much more common in men than in women. Approximately one in 12 men has at least some color perception problems. Less common, acquired deficiencies stem from injury, disease, or the aging proces...