Craig Venter: I was asked earlier whether the goal is to dissect what Schrödinger had spoken and written, or to present the new summary, and I always like to be forward-looking, so I won’t give you a history lesson except for very briefly. I will present our findings on first on reading the genetic code, and then learning to synthesize and write the genetic code, … Continue reading What is life ? A 21st century perspective
Millions of lives were lost in the civil wars. For men may come and men may go, wars seem to go on for ever. Read more from ‘The Economist’. Europe’s arms trade Related Drone strikes Continue reading Wars – a blight on humanity
Randy Pausch’s talk on achieving his dreams. Towards the end of the talk Randy says that we can not do it all alone and we need help there: tell the truth be earnest apologise when you screw up focus on others, not yourself don’t bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap get a feedback look and listen to it.The hard part is … Continue reading Achieving childhood dreams
Weekly challenge from King’s college mathematics school can be viewed here. Chemistry challenge from Cambridge University can be viewed here. 2014 UK Chemistry olympiad can be viewed here. Continue reading Challenge ?
How winged creatures play a vital role in pollination. Continue reading Wings of Life
Matter exhibits chemistry. Chemistry is the study of atoms and molecules, their interactions with each other as well as the properties that arise from this interplay. Chemistry is all around us, in you, in me and in all the products which are on display on the shelves of a super market. Often people associate chemists with Jekyll and Hyde, or Frankenstein. Not all chemicals are bad (see Natural … Continue reading Chemistry Outreach
This playlist includes team presentations on a specific communication topic from the Strategic Communication course at Stanford Graduate School of Business. This video serves to help others develop their own communication skills. To learn more, visit the Mastery in Communication Initiative: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mastery Continue reading Presentation Skills
If 525 mL of 0.80 M HCl solution is neutralized with 315 mL of Sr(OH)2 solution what is the molarity of the Sr(OH)2? The molarity of Sr(OH)2 is 0.67 M Acids and Bases neutralize each other. Strontium hydroxide will neutralize Hydrochloric acid to produce a salt and water. The reaction will be Sr(OH)2 +2HCl ——> SrCl2 + 2H2O. Volume of Strontium Hydroxide is 315 mL Volume of Hydrochloric acid is 525 mL … Continue reading A titration problem
I posted this answer to http://www.socratic.org. Titration is a cost effective and an easy analytic method to deduce the exact concentration of a solution. Titration is easiest of all the analytic methods available to find out the exact concentration of a solution. It is quite simple as all we need is a burette, a pipette, and a suitable indicator, in case the end point is … Continue reading Why is titration used when standardizing a solution?
Living Symphonies is a sound installation which aims to portray a forest ecosystem in an ever changing soundscape – reflecting, in real time, the interactions of the natural world. In this film, Nature Video takes a peek under the hood of Living Symphonies, at the science which makes it possible; and asks how projects like these could influence the way that both the public and … Continue reading Living Symphonies
Perpetual Motion of Thought 