So what makes a piece of music beautiful? Well, most musicologists would argue that repetition is a key aspect of beauty. The idea that we take a melody, a motif, a musical idea, we repeat it, we set...
Are you guys ready? This is going to be really quick. Alright. I am going to tell you a story. It's a story about my day, but it might also be your day. I wake up, I grab my phone, I check...
I have written an article on the Green House effect. It was a year-end article. They wanted me to pick out the most important scientific event of 1988. And I really thought that the most important...
Em 1859, um homem mudou o mundo para sempre. Ele era... As descobertas Ele nasceu em Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Inglaterra, em 12 de fevereiro de 1809. Darwin havia inicialmente planejado seguir carreira...
(Music) One of the funny things about owning a brain is that you have no control over the things that it gathers and holds onto, the facts and the stories. And as you get older, it only gets worse....
Earlier this year, I won an international science competition. (Laughter) Ever since then, a bunch of people have come up to me and asked, "How on Earth could a 15 year old have come up with a...