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Closer
to Truth
brings together leading scientists, scholars and
artists to debate the fundamental issues of our times.
Get Closer To Truth with the public television
series, companion
book, home
videos, audiotapes, this
Web site and the unique HyperForum. [more]
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Why is Quantum Physics So Beautiful?
Quantum
physics describes how the world really works, from
the minuscule microstructure of atoms to the
cosmic macrostructure of the universe. Quantum
physics may seem like fantasy--or magic--because
quanta don't behave like anything you're familiar
with.
If you
think "Quantum Physics" sounds too difficult,
unfortunately, it's even worse than that. [more]
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Can We See The Near Future - 2025?
- What will tomorrow really be like? Human beings are fascinated by the future. Join author Dr. David Brin in discussing the
"The Odd Way We Design our Destiny" ...more
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Can
We See Peace in the Near Future? - In thread #
9, Dr. Fred Alan Wolf joins Dr. Brin, Kevin Kelly and others debating
how we must respond to the threat of terrorism if we are to
have world peace ...more
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 Is
There A Scientific Basis For Parapsychology?
Parapsychology is often derided as a
pseudoscience,
but can it, in fact, pass the same tests as ordinary
science? Dr. James Bonomo from RAND leads a
discussion of what some parapsychology experiments
have already demonstrated, and what more might be
required of them to gain acceptance ...more
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Music and Art in the Schools?
- The United States spends only a tenth to a fiftieth per capita on public support of the arts compared to that
spent by other major industrial nations. Join in as moderator Dr. Robert Freeman argues the question, "Why Public Funding of The
Arts?" ...more
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What are the
Grand Questions
of Science? - Caltech's Dr. David Goodstein suggests that perhaps we have it all backwards; maybe we only find out what the
Grand Questions are after we've discovered the Grand Answers. What do you think?
...more
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Will the Internet Change
Humanity? - Compare the Internet to the car and the printing press. Could Gutenberg have predicted the scientific revolution? Moderator Dr. Robert Lempert takes a middle road on the long-term significance of the
Internet ...more
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Daily News Stories
The universe is destined to end. Before it does, could an advanced civilisation escape via a "wormhole" into a parallel universe? The idea seems like science fiction, but it is consistent with the laws of physics and biology ... [more]
Jared Diamond's compelling study, Collapse, asks why societies suddenly disappear -- and what it means for us ... [more]
Karen F Schmidt asks: in a world awash in pollutants, what exactly is our obligation to protect the health of the unborn? ... [more]
[MORE
NEWS]
Current Hot
Topic
Can We Believe in Both Science and Religion?
The Skeptics President takes on a professor of Christian philosophy and the President for the Center for Islam and Science. [more]
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