Luca Nicola
Scientific views on migration: 11 considerations from the Forum | IBSA Foundation
On 13 October 2018 an original experiment was carried out in Lugano with the Forum “Scientific Views on Migration”: a current hot topic was taken and tackled ...
The job of a physicist? To explore unanswered questions | IBSA Foundation
James Beacham is a brilliant physicist who participated in the Large Hadron Collider experiment at CERN in Geneva, the most extensive scientific experiment ...
Kuhn: paradigms and revolutions in scientific development
In “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, Kuhn analyzes the history of science and its various implications in all areas of research.
Life: a journey through time | IBSA Foundation
Frans Lanting, one of the greatest nature photographers of the last few decades. And in fact, his idea is as grandiose as it is fearless: to reconstruct the ...
Popper’s critical rationalism
Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science begins with a critique of the idea that you can build a scientific theory by a process that goes from facts to ...
A look at how our brain works | IBSA Foundation
In this memorable TED Conference, the neuroscientist Beau Lotto tackles a very important subject. As science and philosophy has taught us for centuries, seeing ...
A new look on evolution | IBSA Foundation
To understand the human evolution on Earth should we study monkeys? No, fishes. The biologist Prosanta Chakrabarty explains it in this brilliant 5-minute lesson
Consciousness, the most mysterious universal phenomenon | IBSA Foundation
Why are we conscious? So far nobody knows the answer to this query. But as the philosopher David Chalmers explains, to find it out we will need radical ideas, ...
The internet of things explained by a philosopher
We are hearing more and more about the Internet of Things. What is it all about? Luciano Floridi explains it to us in this video.
A sound will tell us whether the cell is healthy | IBSA Foundation
Dario Polli is a Professor of Physics at the Politecnico di Milano who develops new laser systems to vibrate the molecules: we could say that he is a kind of ...
The first artificial intelligence that knows how to listen like a human being | IBSA Foundation
Researchers at MIT have created the first artificial neuronal network that can recognize sounds like a human ear.
Establishment of EU ethical guidelines for the use of Artificial Intelligence | IBSA Foundation
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming the focus of attention of political institutions. Its implications and how to drive innovation forward was ...
A semi-transparent film transforms solar energy into electricity
It is customary to see classic silicone solar panels on roofs and the sides of buildings. However, in order to exploit the potential of...
The healing power of mathematics
Her name is Irina Kareva and she is a young scientist that uses mathematical models applied to biology and, in particular, to the development of anti-cancer ...
How do we listen to music? Does it depends on our biases? | IBSA Foundation
It is 2007 Joshua Bell, an internationally-renowned violinist, started to play with a Stradivarius in the Washington underground. And no one stopped to listen ...
The school of the future? Without subjects
According to the OECD, for several years the Finnish have held the title of the best education system in the world.
Paolo Cortini "La Scienza a regola d'arte"
The geologist Paolo Cortini, founder of an organization that deals with naturalistic tourism and scientific expeditions, has been studying for years the places ...
Science and journalism: Silvia’s formula
In this video Silvia Bencivelli explains the difficulty of those, like herself, who explain science.