A bit is a one or a zero. One is switch “on”. Zero is switch “Off”. It’s the binary system, the language of computers. A byte is a group of 8 bits, so it’s some combination of ones and zeros. Internet speeds are given in bits per second. So if your ISP provides you a […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson Addresses The Current Scientific Illiter...
Last week astrophysicist and science populariser Neil deGrasse Tyson held a speech at Greensboro Coliseum, addressing the current crisis of science illiteracy that we are facing. Here is a summary of that speech: “Americans overall are bad at science. Scared of math. Poor at physics and engineering. Resistant to evolution. This science illiteracy,is a threat […]
Help Us Send A Representative To The Science Marches In Wash...
We are currently looking for donations to send one of our representatives to Washington DC for the pro-science protests in April. Depending on how much of our goal we raise we plan to attend both the March For Science (22nd of April) and The Peoples Climate March (29th of April). Besides joining the protest we […]
America today, predicted by Sagan and Orwell
Carl Sagan was a man of extraordinary vision and offered great insight into the world. In a very eerily similar way that George Orwell did. A time where the people were so lost in their daily life that the biggest threats to their long term existence were obscured and put on the back burner. Where […]
Study Attempts To Identify The Most Ignorant Countries In Th...
The supposedly most ignorant places in the world have been named based on a survey of people’s knowledge about their own country.
How Close Are You To a Nuclear Bomb Right Now?
So, how close do you live to a nuclear bomb? Well, if you live in the southern hemisphere, congratulations, you’re probably pretty far from one. But considering 80% of the human population on Earth lives in the northern hemisphere, well, odds are you’re relatively close to one, especially if you’re reading this from inside […]
Good Intentions Coupled With Ignorance Is Harming The Enviro...
When we think of who is hurting the environment we often get this idea of an evil villain type of character, CEO of BP, Donald Trump, etc.. But much more commonly found is the regular Joe who considers himself informed, and as far as they know are doing their part to help. However, due to […]
Donald Trump & Climate Change
This has been a crazy year and I’m not sure how it will end. I have a deep foreboding that our planet and the many species inhabiting it are going to start disappearing more rapidly than they already are. NASA has gone on record to say that they are trying to convince Donald J. Trump […]
We are animals too.
I can’t help myself, the one thing as a man of science that I can’t stand is when people say and act like humans are not animals. WE ARE ANIMALS. I will always make that point. We are not special, and that’s where that wannabe differentiation comes from. Have you seen a video of humans […]
It is well within our power to destroy our civilisation
Carl Sagan explains the immensity of space and time and the importance of the decisions we make now. Our choices as a species right now is what will decide whether we can colonize space, and survive beyond the lifteime of our planet, and the sun. That’s why scientific literacy is so important. We are all […]