Category Archives: Science

Watch: The Secret Life of Plants

Posted on August 2, 2012 by namarose | No comments

Enough simply cannot be said about how wonderful this documentary is, with it’s 80′s soundtrack, and minimalist narrative. The Secret Life of Plants Chiron, The Wounded Healer | Myspace Video Tweet...

Hunt for the Higgs-Boson

Posted on July 14, 2012 by namarose | No comments

If you didn’t hear, scientists discovered what they believe is the Higgs-Boson, the “God Particle”, and this is a really big deal. What is the Higgs-Boson and why does it matter? Watch this video from BBC Horizon to find out… Tweet...

View High Resolution Mars Landscape Panorama

Posted on July 9, 2012 by namarose | No comments

This scene recorded from the mast-mounted color camera includes the rover’s own solar arrays and deck in the foreground, providing a sense of sitting on top of the rover and taking in the view. Its release this week coincides with two milestones: Opportunity completing its 3,000th Martian day on July...

Watch: Voyage to Pandora, First Interstellar Space Flight

Posted on June 29, 2012 by namarose | No comments

An amazing look at the technology it will take for interstellar space flight between earth and one of the nearest star systems, Proxima Centauri, 4.6 light years away where there may be planets. It’s totally doable, but we’ll need to accelerate to around 67 million miles per hour (10% the speed of...

Watch: When Will Time End?

Posted on June 23, 2012 by namarose | No comments

It now seems that our entire universe is living on borrowed time. How long it can survive depends on whether Stephen Hawking’s theory checks out. Special thanks to Ivan Bridgewater for use of footage. Time is flying by on this busy, crowded planet… as life changes and evolves from second...

Watch: How Large is the Universe?

Posted on June 23, 2012 by namarose | No comments

The universe has long captivated us with its immense scales of distance and time. How far does it stretch? Where does it end… and what lies beyond its star fields… and streams of galaxies extending as far as telescopes can see? These questions are beginning to yield to a series...