Tag Archives: Life

Frank – Animated Short Film

Frankenstein’s monster has a chance encounter with his estranged father and is convinced by his wife to try to reconnect. My 2018 USC undergrad animated thesis film. Starring: Rob Paulsen as Frank Tuesday Grant as Mary Cameron Gavinski as Professor … Continue reading

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Benjamin Bratton on why he hates Ted talks

Benjamin Bratton is a sociologist, design theorist and author. He perhaps is most known for his TED talk, ‘What’s wrong with TED Talks?’ (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) His most recent book, ‘The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic’ world discusses … Continue reading

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New Perspectives – What’s Wrong with TED Talks? Benjamin Bratton at TEDxSanDiego 2013 – Re:Think

Benjamin Bratton, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at UCSD and Director of The Center for Design and Geopoltics at CALIT2, asks: Why don’t the bright futures promised in TED talks come true? Professor Bratton attacks the intellectual viability of TED, … Continue reading

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Are Viruses Alive? – with Carl Zimmer

Are viruses alive or are they lifeless packages of protein and nucleic acid? Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/-LUQTjdHYNo Carl’s book “Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive” is available now – https://geni.us/zimmer Countless scientists around the world … Continue reading

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Nat King Cole & Billy Preston

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Bison at 35 below zero. Yellowstone National Park, USA. | The Feel Good Page

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How Our Brains Learn Consciousness

[…] Neuroscience is abound with debates over the nature of consciousness. Which makes sense, because it’s a very abstract idea. We know we are conscious, but theories of why, how and what brain activity causes it are still simply that: … Continue reading

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Octopuses, Lobsters, and Crabs Seen as Sentient Beings in New UK Law | My Modern Met

By Arnesia Young on November 24, 2021 Photo: Diane Picchiottino “The science is now clear that decapods and cephalopods can feel pain and therefore it is only right they are covered by this vital piece of legislation.”   Though octopuses … Continue reading

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Shine On – Yujin Mingala – University of Hertfordshire

When a star falls to Earth, he feels his life is over – but perhaps, with the right friend, it is about to begin again.

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Skin Hunger

An interactive theatre performance explores what touch means in an age of lockdown, and what we lose when we don’t touch. Film by Dante or Die (danteordie.com/skin-hunger-on-film) Created by: Daphna Attias, Terry O’Donovan Director: Pinny Grylls (pinnygrylls.co.uk/) Producer: Sophie Ignatieff … Continue reading

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