Yes.
Keep moving.
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2012-10-29
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2012-10-26
“A three second exposure meant that subjects had to stand very still to avoid being blurred, and holding a smile for that period was tricky. As a result, we have a tendency to see our Victorian ancestors as even more formal and stern than they might have been.”
This is so beautiful to me.
Love it!
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2012-10-25
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2012-10-24
Fruit bats are the cutest things ever.
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How to Build a Planet: Heavy Metals Are Key Ingredients
by Nola Taylor Redd
Planets may not be able to form without a heaping helping of heavy elements such as silicon, titanium and magnesium, a new study suggests.
Stars that host planets have higher concentrations of such “metals” — astronomer-speak for elements heavier than hydrogen and helium — compared to iron than do planetless stars, the study found.
“To form planets, one needs heavy elements,” said lead author Vardan Adibekyan, of the Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto in Portugal.
Connected at birth
Planets coalesce from the disk of dust and gas left over after the birth of their parent star. According to the leading theory of planet formation, the core accretion model, small particles clump together, growing larger and larger until they produce protoplanets.
Scientists have long suspected that stars with higher metallicities are more likely to have planets orbiting them. Iron has long been a primary indicator.
“Usually, in stellar physics, people use the iron content as a proxy of overall metallicity,”…
(read full article: Space.com)
(Image: An artist conception of a newly formed star surrounded by a swirling protoplanetary disk of dust and gas, where debris coalesces to create rocky ‘planetesimals’ that collide and grow to eventually form planets. A new study suggests small rocky planet may actually be widespread in our Milky Way galaxy. Credit: University of Copenhagen, Lars A. Buchhave)
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2012-10-23
“Hidden away, deep within a forest in central Africa, is something quite special. But the Pollia berry’s name doesn’t quite do it justice, because this thing is shiny. In fact, it’s the shiniest living thing in the world. These fruits, which look a bit like something you might hang on a Christmas tree, owe the title to their microscopic physical structure. In fact, it might shock you to hear that they contain no blue pigment whatsoever. The surface of the berries is actually made of four layers of thick-walled cells, each layer itself containing more layers made of cellulose fibers. All those fibers run parallel in their own layer, but crucially the layers are all slightly rotated relative to each other, forming a spiral when you look from the top down. That means that when light hits the structure, some light is reflected by each layer of fibers in such a way that the light bouncing back is amplified—a concept known as constructive interference—to produce remarkably strong colours. The result is very shiny—shinier than any other living thing on the planet.”
Source: Gizmodo
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Interstellar Travel is Hard, Why Bother?
To our ancestors, intercontinental travel would have seemed as insurmountable as interstellar travel does now (interplanetary travel is currently a feat we only dare send robots!).
But in the case of intercontinental travel, mankind did succeed, driven by a basic need to explore.
Source: news.discovery.com
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2012-10-22
Excellent Idea of the Day: Bike Lanes in the Sky
The city of London has run out of space for bike lanes along the road; where else is there to look but up?
The lanes would cost millions of pounds to build, but with a small charge and corporate sponsorships they could work.
As inspiration the designers looked to New York City’s High Line, among other great urban designs.
Source: news.discovery.com
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Hugh Hefner The Gays of the Day: Hugh Hefner has penned quite the lovely defense of gay marriage in the September issue of Playboy. Here’s an excerpt, but do yourself a favor and read his piece in its entirety.
Nearly 50 years ago in the pages of this magazine I warned that “when religion rather than reason dictates legislation, do not expect logic with your law.” Today, in every instance of sexual rights falling under attack, you’ll find legislation forced into place by people who practice discrimination disguised as religious freedom. Their goal is to dehumanize everyone’s sexuality and reduce us to using sex for the sole purpose of perpetuating our species. To that end, they will criminalize your entire sex life.
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Hugh Hefner The Gays of the Day: Hugh Hefner has penned quite the lovely defense of gay marriage in the September issue of Playboy. Here’s an excerpt, but do yourself a favor and read his piece in its entirety.
Nearly 50 years ago in the pages of this magazine I warned that “when religion rather than reason dictates legislation, do not expect logic with your law.”
Today, in every instance of sexual rights falling under attack, you’ll find legislation forced into place by people who practice discrimination disguised as religious freedom. Their goal is to dehumanize everyone’s sexuality and reduce us to using sex for the sole purpose of perpetuating our species.
To that end, they will criminalize your entire sex life.(via quickdraw-kiddo)
Source: thedailywhat
