SCIENCE WATCH : THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL : MICHIO KAKU

THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL : MICHIO KAKU

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11,377,616 views•Aug 15, 2012

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MICHIO KAKU: The Universe in a Nutshell

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OVERVIEW:

In a profoundly informative and deeply optimistic discussion, Professor Michio Kaku delivers a glimpse of where science will take us in the next hundred years, as warp drives, teleportation, inter-dimensional wormholes, and even time travel converge with our scientific understanding of physical reality. While firing up our imaginations about the future, he also presents a succinct history of physics to the present.

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MICHIO KAKU:

Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York Times Best Sellers, is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning and has hosted numerous science specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery/Science Channel. His radio show broadcasts to 100 radio stations every week. Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study as well as New York University (NYU).

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FASCINATING HISTORY: THE YEAR CIVILIZATION COLLAPSED

1177 BC: THE YEAR CIVILIZATION COLLAPSED

Dr.ERIC CLINE

4,626,267 views•Oct 11, 2016

NCASVIDEO

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From about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex cosmopolitan and globalized world-system. It may have been this very internationalism that contributed to the apocalyptic disaster that ended the Bronze Age. When the end came, the civilized and international world of the Mediterranean regions came to a dramatic halt in a vast area stretching from Greece and Italy in the west to Egypt, Canaan, and Mesopotamia in the east. Large empires and small kingdoms collapsed rapidly. With their end came the world’s first recorded Dark Ages. It was not until centuries later that a new cultural renaissance emerged in Greece and the other affected areas, setting the stage for the evolution of Western society as we know it today.  Professor Eric H. Cline of The George Washington University will explore why the Bronze Age came to an end and whether the collapse of those ancient civilizations might hold some warnings for our current society.

Considered for a Pulitzer Prize for his recent book 1177 BC, Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classics and Anthropology and the current Director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at The George Washington University. He is a National Geographic Explorer, a Fulbright scholar, an NEH Public Scholar, and an award-winning teacher and author. He has degrees in archaeology and ancient history from Dartmouth, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania; in May 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree (honoris causa) from Muhlenberg College.  Dr. Cline is an active field archaeologist with 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience.

The views expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Capital Area Skeptics.

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SELF-IMPROVEMENT : HOW I LEARNT TO EXERCISE MY MEMORY

HOW I LEARNT TO EXERCISE MY MEMORY

ANASTASIA WOOLMER | TEDXDOCKLANDS

348,709 views•Mar 15, 2019

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Our modern lives hinge on learning from a young age, but wouldn’t it be a lot easier if we first learnt how to learn and remember?

Anastasia Woolmer guides us on her journey from a physical to a mental athlete. After a career as a professional Ballet and Contemporary dancer, she completed a university degree with very little high school behind her. Like many of us, she studied without the benefit of memory techniques, just a lot of over preparation and late nights.  Anastasia discusses what a dramatic difference memory training has made on her life since then. We can all benefit immensely from directed memory skills and a little practice pays big dividends.  This talk reveals that combining the two types of fitness training – mental and physical – helps us to achieve the most out of life.

Anastasia is a two times Australian Memory Champion, is the first female to hold this title and has set several Australian memory records along the way. Anastasia is a 2 x Australian Memory Champion and holds several Australian memory records. She is both a physical and mental athlete, with an international career as a professional Ballet and Contemporary dancer. Her love of learning attracted her to memory sports as a path to absorb new information quickly and she now helps others to learn memory techniques. Anastasia is also uniquely able to demonstrate the mental imagery she uses during memorisation.

Anastasia believes combining both physical and mental fitness gives us the best chance for a happy and full healthy life. She knows that anyone can train themselves to perform remarkable memory feats and bypass slower conventional learning methods. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

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MY DREAM PLACES : SWITZERLAND

SWITZERLAND

6,817,485 views•Sep 8, 2019

JEFF AMADOR

39.8K subscribers

Switzerland in 4K

Filmed in August 2019

Featuring: Wengen, Lauterbrunnen Valley, Lucerne, Iseltwald, Schilthorn Piz Gloria,

Mürren, Bachalpsee Lake, Oescheninsee, Zermatt, Matterhorn, Bern, First Cliff Walk, Grindelwald, Zurich

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SCIENCE WATCH: WHAT IS AN ATOM AND HOW DO WE KNOW?

WHAT IS AN ATOM AND HOW DO WE KNOW?

1,074,208 views•Sep 19, 2018

STATED CLEARLY

355K subscribers

Ever wonder how we actually know that atoms exist? Here we'll learn what atoms are and exactly how scientists went about figuring all this out.

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TRAVEL: TOP 7 INCREDIBLE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS OF 2020

TOP 7 INCREDIBLE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS OF 2020

1,211,269 views•Dec 10, 2018

ERIK CONOVER

1.41M subscribers

The Top Travel Destinations of 2020! A list of where you NEED to travel in 2019! I share with you the best World travel destinations of 2019 with travel guides in each location.

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INTERESTING SPEECHES: J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement

J. K. ROWLING'S MAGICAL HARVARD SPEECH

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267,378 views•Nov 15, 2018

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Joanne Rowling, born 31 July 1965, writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film producer, television producer and screenwriter, best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history. They have also been the basis for a film series, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films in the series.

Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997. There were six sequels, of which the last, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007. Since then, Rowling has written five books for adult readers: The Casual Vacancy (2012) and—under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith—the crime fiction novels The Cuckoo's Calling (2013), The Silkworm (2014), Career of Evil (2015), and Lethal White (2018).

Rowling has lived a "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on state benefits to being the world's first billionaire author. She lost her billionaire status after giving away much of her earnings to charity, but remains one of the wealthiest people in the world. She is the United Kingdom's bestselling living author, with sales in excess of £238M. The 2016 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £600 million, ranking her as the joint 197th richest person in the UK. Time named her a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fans. In October 2010, Rowling was named the "Most Influential Woman in Britain" by leading magazine editors. She has supported charities, including Comic Relief, One Parent Families and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and launched her own charity, Lumos.

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ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW TO GREEN THE WORLD'S DESERTS AND REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE

HOW TO GREEN THE WORLD'S DESERTS AND

REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE 

ALLAN SAVORY

4,185,716 views•Mar 5, 2013

TED

17.4M subscribers

"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes -- and his work so far shows -- that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert.

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KEEP ON SMILING

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INDIA WATCH : A GLIMPSE INTO ANCIENT INDIAN ASTRONOMY

A GLIMPSE INTO ANCIENT INDIAN ASTRONOMY

KHURSHED BATLIWALA (BAWA)

323,685 views•Premiered May 31, 2020

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While astronomy is the science of exploring the world that is outside, meditation is the science of exploring what is inside. In this talk by Khurshed Batliwala,  he explores how Ancient Indian Scientists and Astronomers knew about the wonders of the outside world which modern day science is still catching up.

With a post graduate in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Khurshed Batliwala, or Bawa as he is fondly known (a nick name that has stuck from his IIT days) is an extraordinary personality.

In his own words, he decided it was better to teach people meditation and make them happy rather than teach them mathematics and make them miserable and thus chose the unconventional and challenging career path as a faculty member of the Art of Living, sharing the vision of its founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, which is to see a smile on every face on the planet.

Khurshed Batliwala and Dinesh Ghodke,  Faculties of Art of Living and Authors of the best selling books Ready, Study, Go! and Happiness Express, make talks on how to deal with the most common problems that most of us face, which can be  effortlessly integrated into daily life.

Have any questions you want answered? Send an email to ask@bawandinesh.in and we will answer them in a form of a video.

Shot, Edited and Created by V19 Productions

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Manak Sharma

Art of Living Ashram Administration, Bengaluru

Shloka Rendition by

Keerthana Vaidyanathan & Harshal Pulekar

Grateful thanks to KHURSHED BATLIWALA (BAWA), V19 Productions, Dr.Hema Hari and Dr.D.K.Hari - Bharath Gyan, Manak Sharma, Art of Living Ashram Administration, Bengaluru, Keerthana Vaidyanathan & Harshal Pulekar and YouTube.

SELF-IMPROVEMENT : HOW TO FOCUS MIND UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES

SWAMI SARVAPRIYANANDA EXPLAINS

HOW TO FOCUS MIND UNDER DIFFICULT 

CIRCUMSTANCES

1,078,090 views•Jun 21, 2018

EXPERIENCING BLISS

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Swami Sarvapriyananda has been appointed as Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.

Prior to this, he served as assistant minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California for 13 months, beginning on December 3, 2015.

Swami joined the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in 1994 and received Sannyas in 2004. Before being posted to the VSSC’s Hollywood Temple, Swami served as an acharya (teacher) of the monastic probationers’ training center at Belur Math. He has served the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in various capacities including being the Vice Principal of the Deoghar Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Principal of the Shikshana Mandira Teacher Education College at Belur Math, and the first Registrar of the Vivekananda University at Belur Math.

Here is the actual link of the full talk: https://youtu.be/tSPZhjPdgWQ

In this video Swamiji explains- How can one focus his/her mind to his/her task amidst the difficult circumstances all around. He takes on Yogic methods to stay focused even in the most noisy and unfavourable situations, which is needed in every aspect of life be it Spiritual or any other task of importance

Grateful thanks to SWAMI SARVAPRIYANANDA, EXPERIENCING BLISS and YouTube.