Here Be Dragons

"Hic sunt dracones" was written in the Hunt-Lenox Globe in 1503.  It was a way of saying that we don't know an area of the map and it may be dangerous.  Brian Dunning made a video about critical thinking and called it "Here Be Dragons".  In ancient times there were legends about dragons and other creatures to explain the unknown.  Now we give new names to the supernatural: reiki, homeopathy, ghosts, conspiracy theories...

Here you have a press kit about this video: Press Kit

What do you think about this topic and the video?  Should we watch it in class?

Another article about this problem: Supersticiones, pseudociencias y placebos: ¿cómo saber qué es verdad y qué es mentira?

What is the Higgs Boson?

Have you heard about the Higgs Boson or the "God particle"?  Do you know what it is?  Do you understand the importance of the experiments been made in the Large Hadron Collider ("LHC") at CERN in Geneva?  In Wired you have the article Higgs for Mere Mortals, where you can find videos to help you understand this crucial part of particle physics.  This is my favorite video:


The Higgs Boson Explained from PHD Comics on Vimeo.

We are star-stuff

Hello, English Breakfast!

I have found in the blog Meridianos this beautiful video about the most astounding fact about the Universe:

Microteaching: Electricity

A very interesting and useful approach to electricity knowledge. Electricity Micro Teaching