40 websites that will make you cleverer right now The indexed web contains an incredible 14 billion pages. But only a tiny fraction help you improve your brain power. Here are 40 of the best. whizzpast.com – Learn about our awe inspiring past all in one wonderful place. khanacademy.org – Watch thousands of micro-lectures on topics ranging from history and medicine to chemistry and computer science. freerice.com – Help end world hunger by correctly answering multiple-choice quizzes on a wide variety of subjects. artofmanliness.com – Blog/site dedicated to all things manly, great for learning life skills and good insights. unplugthetv.com – Randomly selects an educational video for you to watch. coursera.org – An educational site that works with universities to get their courses on the Internet, free for you to use. mentalfloss.com – Interesting articles guaranteed to make you smile and get you thinking. feelgoodwardrobe.com – Find out how the world of fashion really works and what you can do to combat it. lifehacker.com – Learn to hack life!
Confirmation de l'existence et du rôle de l'énergie sombre, selon les chercheurs Confirmation de l'existence et du rôle de l'énergie sombre, selon les chercheurs Des astronomes ont trouvé des preuves additionnelles de l'existence et des propriétés de l'énergie sombre, en examinant de nouvelles données issues d'un recensement de 240 000 galaxies. L'équipe internationale composée de 26 scientifiques a utilisé deux types d'observations pour effectuer une confirmation indépendante de l'existence de l'énergie sombre, à l'aide de données sur une portion de l'univers permettant de remonter de 7 milliards d'années dans le temps, à la moitié de l'âge actuel de l'univers. L'énergie sombre est une forme d'énergie dont la nature reste mystérieuse et qui remplirait 74 % de l'univers. Elle se comporte comme une force gravitationnelle répulsive qui expliquerait pourquoi l'expansion de l'univers va en s'accélérant. La matière sombre constituerait 22 % du cosmos et la matière visible (gaz, étoiles, planètes, galaxies) ne constituerait que 4 % du tout. Qui es-tu, énergie sombre ?
A complete version of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - National Gnosticism & Heretical Spirituality Mary Magdalene has perennially intrigued western culture, yet her interest has peaked in the last generation because of the parallel interest in the Gnostic Gospels. No longer just a redeemed sinner or sensuous projection for artists, Gnosticism revealed a Mary Magdalene who was a spiritual visionary, a religious leader, and perhaps the main disciple of the risen Christ. In the Nag Hammadi library’s Dialogue with of Savior, she is proclaimed as “the woman who understood The All.” The most popular narration of Mary Magdalene today is the Gospel of Mary (even though its discovery is well over a century old). In this scripture, Mary shares in a mystic vision with Jesus concerning the infinite domains. She moreover comforts and leads the other apostles, although not without conflict. In The Pre-Nicene New Testament, Robert M. Price summarizes Mary’s role this scripture as “a symbolic figurehead for Gnostic and other sects who claimed her as their authorization.
Physique Quantique : entre Science et Conscience Les découvertes les plus récentes de la physique ont donnés lieu à des débats dont on est moins conscient, d’ordre intellectuel, culturel et même spirituel, autrement dit dans le domaine des concepts, des idées, des philosophies… La théorie quantique révèle l’unicité de l’univers. Elle montre que nous ne pouvons décomposer le monde en ses plus petites unités existantes. » En physique quantique, Les particules subatomiques ne sont pas des grains de matière solide mais des quanta, des paquets d’énergie en perpétuelle transformation. La matière nous apparaît comme stable et solide alors qu’en fait les particules forment des systèmes dynamiques qui subissent perpétuellement des transformations ou transmutations avec des phénomènes de création et d’annihilation, et ce flux dynamique est créateur d’énergie. La matière est en fait constituée d’espace vide traversé par quelques particules. Force et matière, particules et ondes, mouvement et repos, existence et non-existence.
Physicists discover ‘clearest evidence yet’ that the Universe is a hologram A team of physicists have provided what has been described by the journal Nature as the “clearest evidence yet” that our universe is a hologram. The new research could help reconcile one of modern physics’ most enduring problems : the apparent inconsistencies between the different models of the universe as explained by quantum physics and Einstein’s theory of gravity. The two new scientific papers are the culmination of years’ work led by Yoshifumi Hyakutake of Ibaraki University in Japan, and deal with hypothetical calculations of the energies of black holes in different universes. The idea of the universe existing as a ‘hologram’ doesn’t refer to a Matrix-like illusion, but the theory that the three dimensions we perceive are actually just“painted” onto the cosmological horizon – the boundary of the known universe. If this sounds paradoxical, try to imagine a holographic picture that changes as you move it. For more information on this research, click here to read the original release.
Ruppert Sheldrake : Les champs morphiques Cette théorie du biologiste Ruppert Sheldrake suggère que la nature des choses dépend de champs - des champs morphiques. Chaque type de système naturel possède son propre type de champ ; il y a un champ pour l'insuline, un champ pour le hêtre, un champ pour l'hirondelle, etc. Ces champs façonnent les différents types d'atomes, de molécules, de cristaux, d'organismes vivants, de sociétés, de coutumes et de modes de pensée. Les champs morphiques, sont connus de la physique. Ils sont des régions d'influence non matérielles s'étendant dans l'espace et se prolongeant dans le temps. Quand c'est le cas, ils renferment une mémoire de leurs existences physiques antérieures. Le processus par lequel le passé devient présent au sein de champs morphiques est nommé résonance morphique. La mémoire au sein des champs morphiques est cumulative, et c'est la raison pour laquelle toutes sortes de phénomènes deviennent de plus en plus habituels par répétition. En simplifiant beaucoup :
Physicists May Have Evidence Universe Is A Computer Simulation Physicists say they may have evidence that the universe is a computer simulation. How? They made a computer simulation of the universe. A long-proposed thought experiment, put forward by both philosophers and popular culture, points out that any civilisation of sufficient size and intelligence would eventually create a simulation universe if such a thing were possible. And since there would therefore be many more simulations (within simulations, within simulations) than real universes, it is therefore more likely than not that our world is artificial. Now a team of researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany led by Silas Beane say they have evidence this may be true. In a paper named ‘Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation’, they point out that current simulations of the universe - which do exist, but which are extremely weak and small - naturally put limits on physical laws. But the basic impression is an intriguing one.
cuisine vietnamienne On veut bien admettre que la cuisine chinoise soit la seconde du monde parce qu'elle ne dispose ni des vins ni des fromages. Mais qu'un petit pays qui ait pu vaincre les deux plus puissantes armées du monde en se nourrissant exclusivement de riz arrosé de jus de poisson pourri puisse nous en remontrer sur le plan de la gastronomie est dur à avaler. La cuisine vietnamienne se doit donc de demeurer une espèce de sous cuisine chinoise simplifiée, donc améliorée, et adaptée à nos palais civilisés et au rosé de Provence glacé. La cohabitation franco-sino-vietnamienne trouvant son aboutissement suprême dans l'alliance duponesque de l'apéritif maison constitué, comme il se doit sur tout l'hexagone, de pastis local, de jus de litchi et d'alcool de rose avec une touche de grenadine. Ou Gault et Millau ce qui revient à peu près au même. C'est rassurant comme le cri du cormoran le soir au dessus des jonques ou comme un singe en hiver. C'est chez nous.
Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Ch Metaphysics Metaphysics is a traditional branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that encompasses it,[1] although the term is not easily defined.[2] Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:[3] Ultimately, what is there?What is it like? Prior to the modern history of science, scientific questions were addressed as a part of metaphysics known as natural philosophy. Etymology[edit] However, once the name was given, the commentators sought to find intrinsic reasons for its appropriateness. There is a widespread use of the term in current popular literature which replicates this understanding, i.e. that the metaphysical equates to the non-physical: thus, "metaphysical healing" means healing by means of remedies that are not physical.[8] Central questions[edit] Cosmology and cosmogony[edit] Cosmogony deals specifically with the origin of the universe. Determinism and free will[edit] [edit] [edit] [edit]
The Three Love Mantras that Open Your Heart By Marci Shimoff The first time I fell in love I couldn’t believe what happened to the world. The sky had never been that blue before! We’ve all been there, haven’t we? That was the question I set out to answer in my latest book, Love for No Reason. Three Love Mantras that Open Your Heart Love Mantras – #1: Love is Who We Are. Instead of walking around with a little cup, begging for a few drops of love from others, recognize that you’re the huge ocean of love. The Physics of Death (And What Happens to Your Energy) Credit: depositphotos Even though it’s an inexorable part of life, for many people, death—or at least the thought of ceasing to exist forever—can be a scary thing. I mean, the disturbing things that happen to the body during decomposition—the point in which cells and tissues begin to break down post mortem—are bad enough. Instead of looking at death from a biological perspective, what happens from a physics standpoint? More specifically, how is our energy redistributed when we die? In life, the human body is comprised of both matter and energy—including energy of the electrical and chemical varieties. The process is much more complex with humans. As we know through thermodynamics, energy can not be created nor destroyed.. it can simply change states. In death, the collection of atoms that comprise you (a universe within the universe) are repurposed. (Image by All Science, All the Time.