World Cup Ball: What's Wrong With It?

World Cup Ball: What's Wrong With It? www.discoverynews.com. Players and coaches at the 2010 World Cup are complaining that the Jabulani, the tournament's official ball, behaves unpredictably. Jorge Ribas talks to a NASA aerospace engineer and a pro soccer player to find out the science behind the ball.

What's Wrong with College Sports? - Frank Deford Complete video at: fora.tv Acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford criticizes college athletics programs for frequent scandals, and for awarding scholarships to athletes over academics. ----- Frank Deford, senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated and commentator for National Public Radio, delivers a lecture encompassing a wide swath of the world of sports from the Olympic Games to college athletics. Frank Deford is a six-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Senior Contributing Editor ...

What's Wrong with the Big Bang Theory? Complete video at: fora.tv Marcus Chown argues that as more and more ideas are "tacked on" to the original big bang theory, it's becoming apparent that there is "a really, really big idea missing." He predicts "someone in the next...10-15 years is going to come up with the missing idea." ----- The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einsteins general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually everything about the world in which we live. But almost a ...

Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat

Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at www.ted.com

Ball-it demo Finnish startup Ball-it markets a golfball-shaped device that wirelessly controls on-screen games and applications. Here's a demo (October 2009).

Ball-it demo Finnish startup Ball-it markets a golfball-shaped device that wirelessly controls on-screen games and applications. Here's a demo (October 2009).

North Korea. What's Up With It? rocketboom.com Click on the link above for more info on today's episode! Today on Rocketboom Daily Molly gives us the rundown on the latest trouble stirring across the pacific. Google Trends "North Korea" www.google.com Kim Jong Il's seocond son more interested in video games www.gamesradar.com Kim jong-il's health and recreational drugs wikileaks.ch North Korea: The Problem Child Read more: www.sfgate.com Japan to deploy missile interceptors nationwide on North Korea threat mdn.mainichi.jp china north korea consensus www.reuters.com north korea danger must be stopped www.reuters.com 2% of North Koreans have been described as addicts by the Korean government. www.guardian.co.uk kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com single serving site The fall would come "two to three years" after the death of Kim Jong-il www.nytimes.com Japan to deploy missile interceptors nationwide on North Korea threat mdn.mainichi.jp nuke torpedo www.wired.com Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly! youtube.com Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! twitter.com twitter.com Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos! facebook.com

Wake Up, World Cup! Molly discusses World Cup forecasting, the architecture of memories, and teeny tiny fonts. For more info on this episode including show credits, visit www.rocketboom.info

The Quidditch World Cup rocketboom.com Click on the link above for more info on today's episode! Inspired by the Harry Potter books, players and organizers of the game of Quidditch have turned a fantasy sport into reality! International Quidditch Association www.internationalquidditch.org Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for the latest from Rocketboom! youtube.com youtube.com Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! twitter.com twitter.com twitter.com Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos! www.facebook.com www.facebook.com