"Recent research has shown that size-selective commercial fishing causes genetic changes in fish, with wide-ranging implications for sustainable …
How stats fool juries
TED Talk by Peter Donnelly "How stats fool juries". We are all more credulous than we realize. "Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics -- and the devastating impact these errors can …
How technology evolves
Incredibly insightful perspective that technology follows a path similar to that of evolution. "How technology evolves". "Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity …
The accelerating power of technology
"The accelerating power of technology" "Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness. Ray …
Free Education: Yale and Stanford.
I love the fact that I can access (as of February) 33 full-length semester courses from my alma mater, Yale University. Absolutely amazing! Do the math. If a student took 4 courses a semester (8 per year), in 4 years of college they'd be able to …