Monthly Archives: December 2012
NASA Johnson Style (Gangnam Style Parody)
Emergence
Emergence – Complexity from Simplicity, Order from Chaos
The Origin Of Life: Chemistry + Biology = Abiogenesis
Carl Sagan Explains the Miller Urey Experiment
These are two lectures on Emergence. One from Stanford
and one from the Chicago Humanities Festival
The last video is the First Watson Jeopardy Match
Extremophiles
Here are the videos from todays class regarding extremophiles
Extremophile Hunter
Tardigrades
The Science of Curiosity: Seeking Signs of Past Mars Habitability
Extremophiles: We Are The Aliens
Out in Space, Back in Time: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope
December 15, 2012 – February 10, 2013
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Event Times: Wednesdays – Sundays, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Event Admission: $3; $2 seniors & youth; $8 families; Free on Wednesdays & to staff, students, children, faculty
Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: 541.346.5083
The Hubble Telescope takes amazingly clear pictures of objects beyond Earth—from our close neighbors in space to the distant Rose Galaxies. Discover the universe in this exhibit of photographs.
Cosmology
Cosmology 101: The Big Bang
The Big Bang: Origins of Our Universe
End of the Universe
If you are able to sit through a more typical lecture based explanation, the following video goes into more depth.
Omega and the End of the Universe
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
The first video is the brief interlude between Alice and Bob talking about why it is dark in the sky…
Alice and Bob in Wonderland: Why is it dark at night?
These next videos are The Mystery of Dark Matter (in three parts)