This is a playlist on YouTube I've enjoyed recently, it's essentially an introduction to and basic explanation of Einstein's Relativity.
I've never been comfortable with the theory, and considering how often it's mentioned that fact had led me to believe it wasn't something that CAN be explained intuitively. But these vidoes hit the nail on the head, and I found them fascinating.
Philosophy quizzes
I discovered a site with some great philosophy activities which I highly recommend trying out. Want to ferret out the inconsistencies in your beliefs about God? Ever heard of the trolley thought experiments? Think you know what part of you is really you?
Play them all at the website for The Philosophers' Magazine here!
Play them all at the website for The Philosophers' Magazine here!
Der Digitale Planet
An excellent conference held in 1998 with Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Steven Pinker and Jared Diamond, on many fascinating topics. Quality is poor but well worth watching/listening to.
65 Million Years With A Creationist.
I agree with V0r4xiz in the comments when he says
"That's the sort of 'fairy tale' that should be in the kids' books."
Voltaire Lecture 2010 - Prof Brian Cox on "The Value of Big Science"
A video for you - one hour long, a lecture by a guy called Brian Cox, who works at the Large Hadron Collider, about science, physics, the LHC, the big bang and many interesting subjects. I enjoyed it immensely.
The Greatest Story Ever Told - Starts With A Bang
Over at Starts With A Bang (great blog by the way) theoretical astrophysicist Ethan Siegel has been posting a series explaining the extent of our understanding of the beginning of the Universe, the context in which the Big Bang plays its part. He's on part 8 right now, click through to parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and get educated!
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