Bady-Dorzhu Ondar with Kongar-ol Ondar - on the Chevy Chase Show, 1993

A video of Bady-Dorzhu Ondar performing on the Chevy Chase show (with Kongar-ol Ondar) has been available on Youtube for many years, but the audio was somehow corrupted.

The VHS tape has been accessed again and a fresh copy uploaded and available for your enjoyment at

http://youtu.be/TnFT8bNBg0U

Discovery channel promotional item about The Challenger Disaster

The Discovery Channel has shared their promotional piece on The Challenger Disaster movie.

Watch it and see if you recognize anyone! :-)

Olympic Torch Makes It To Tuva

Today, November 28, the Olympic torch was scheduled to be in Kyzyl en route to Sochi.   Paralympic archer Mikhail Oyun was one of the athletes scheduled to carry the torch in the Tuvan leg.

The only media coverage I've seen of this is at the Around The Rings website - but there are several great photos at the official torch relay site, http://torchrelay.sochi2014.com/en/city-kyzyl#! - the source of the photos shown here.

"The Challenger Disaster" airing in Canada next month

You read it here first... The Discovery Channel will be showing "The Challenger Disaster" in the next month.  Details to follow.

And of course it will be on the Science Channel in the USA on Nov. 16 at 9PM.

The Feynman Series - Youtube Channel

Reid Gower has created The Feynman Series, a Youtube channel featuring videos made to the soundtrack of Feynman speaking on a selection of topics --- the narration is from The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and the effect of hearing a familiar narrative accompanied by new, dynamic visuals is interesting and entertaining.

The first videos are titled "Beauty", "Honours", and "Curiosity".  The fourth episode on the "Key to Science" features physicist Joan Feynman.

The World Is A Dynamic Mess Of Jiggling Things

Here, from Fun To Imagine, is Richard Feynman talking about rubber bands.

"The world is a dynamic mess of jiggling things..."

For a longer talk about stretching, pulling, and pushing, visit the BBC site that hosts the original video, "Richard Feynman: Fun To Imagine".

Nature: rethinking particle dynamics

Nature has published an article, Rethinking Particle Dynamics, that provides an overview of current developments in theoretical physics.

It's interesting to all those with a passing interest in the subject, as it describes that new methods and concepts are being used to make some of the calculations that are traditionally made with the assistance of Feynman diagrams.

And of course, there's always The Van... with the diagrams.