At Instant Egghead, we keep it simple. We've already shown you how to explain dark matter with the remnants of your breakfast, evo-devo with an extension cord, Moore's Law with some old newspaper, and synthetic biology with your desktop PC.
Now, watch as SciAm reporter JR Minkel breaks down the spooky powers of a quantum computer, using only the spare change in his pocket.
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Synthetic biology has been in the news lately - i.e., building designer genomes from scratch, leading (as people like Craig Venter hope) to fully man-made, programmable life forms.
But it took nature billions of years to make inanimate chemicals "jump to life." How are WE gonna do it?
Instant Egghead to the rescue!
Written, produced and edited by John Pavlus / Camera by Steven Boling
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Episode 3 of our new video podcast, Instant Egghead (subscribe!) tackles the most important development in scientific thinking about evolution since the Modern Synthesis.
As always, the brains behind this operation are writer/director/producer John Pavlus (more posts by him at 60 Second Science here) and cameraman Steven Boling.
Special thanks to PZ Myers, who screened a first draft of the script and made me feel like this just might work...
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Rolling right along, here's the second episode of our video podcast, "Instant Egghead."
Ever wonder why Apple puts out a newer, tinier iPod every two freaking seconds? Or why you're watching this on a laptop instead of a blinking, blooping Star-Trek-style wallputer? Moore's Law is the reason. Christie Nicholson explains how it works-- in pretty much the lowest-tech way possible.
Written, produced and edited by John Pavlus // Shot by Steven Boling
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Scientific American editor George Musser explains dark matter using nothing but stuff lying around his office and his rapier-sharp wit. It's like Macgyver, if Macgyver had to explain abstruse subjects instead of, you know, escaping.
Look for episode 2 to go up later today -- in which the talented host of 60 Second Psych, Christie Nicholson, explains Moore's Law.
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Woohoo! After more blood sweat and tears than the monkeys who turn out this site would care to recount, we're finally ready to start posting the fruits of our ongoing project, a new video podcast that includes a segment we call Instant Egghead.
Our first installment: Scientific American editor George Musser explains Dark Matter in about a minute, using nothing but stuff he has lying around his office -- not a trivial feat!
Instant Egghead is produced, scripted and edited by John Pavlus, and shot by Steven Boling.
