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Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:06:21 -0500

shermsalot: thelusciouslumberjack: sophiatheunicorniologist: s...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:06:18 -0500

thelusciouslumberjack:

sophiatheunicorniologist:

shadowxsama:

swaggaraptor:

polychromaticdragon:

funniest10k:

howdarenyou

This photo should be on everyone’s blog at least once.

…is that drake and josh?

omg I think it is

What is going on

POSE WITH ME, BROTHA

POSE WITH ME, BROTHA

I NEVER TOUGHT THAT IT’D BE SO SIMPLE BUT, I FOUND A WAY, I FOUND A WAYYYY

hohokev: why do jellyfish only sting when theres physical contact why doesnt the electricity just...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:36:09 -0500

hohokev:

why do jellyfish only sting when theres physical contact

why doesnt the electricity just surge throughout the entire ocean

why dont jellyfish rule the world

Jellyfish don’t sting using electricity you fucking dumbasses. They have stinging cells in their tentacles thatshoot out like motherfuckin harpoon and inject you with shit. Damn learn some Bio. Nematocysts ftw.

biomedicalephemera: A Candle in the Dark Much more recent a...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:25:36 -0500

biomedicalephemera:

A Candle in the Dark

Much more recent a figure than my other Important People, I feel Carl Sagan deserves a mention today. His birthday was November 9, 1934.

I am not nearly eloquent or knowledgeable enough compared to others I know to comment on his amazing works and his pioneering the concept of making science accessible (and cool!) to the public, but I appreciate them and love the works all the same.

He was not just a television figure, a host of a TV show, as captivating and renowned as Cosmos was. He was a real astronomer, an astrophysicist, a man who worked on real satellites, and looked through telescopes in laboratories, and realized things like the fact that Venus is, in reality, a hot and dry hellscape, and not a balmy paradise as once imagined.

From the beginning of his career, Sagan was the advocate that science needed. In a time that scientists and officials scoffed at the notion of bringing science to the masses, Sagan realized how important it was for the general population to, at the very least, be interested in and value science, even if they didn’t understand the deeper concepts involved. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to see the value of learning about our planet from a perspective we’ve never seen before.

Before his death in 1996, Carl Sagan designed the plaque and record that traveled on the Voyager satellites, that represented all of humankind to any civilization or species that might intercept them, millions or billions of years in the future. He was also involved in establishing SETI -the institute for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. He also authored Contact, which would later be made into an award-winning movie starring Jodie Foster, and many books regarding humanity’s presence in the universe and the possibility for extraterrestrial life. He was a pioneer in promoting skepticism and scientific thinking in day-to-day life, and showed people how amazing and fantastical their own world was, their own planet was, how much more wonderful reality was than anything we could ever dream up.

Images:
Quote from Cosmos, “Pale Blue Dot” - The Earth, as it appears from Pluto, photographed by Voyager 1
Allen Radio Telescope Array at SETI
Carl Sagan portrait by Pat Linse - “An Awful Hole, A Wonderful Life” by Michael Shermer via Skeptic
“Sounds of Earth” - the golden record carried on Voyager 1 and 2

iraffiruse: Frozach Submitted

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:01:18 -0500

iraffiruse:

Frozach Submitted

biomedicalephemera: The Naming of Beasts: Adam, in the Garden...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:59:05 -0500

biomedicalephemera:

The Naming of Beasts: Adam, in the Garden of Eden

An angel holds a scroll with the title of the book and points toward Heaven, as Adam points toward a Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules).

An Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) rests on the side of the rock Adam sits upon, and a Pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) and white dragonfly (subfamily Anisoptera) are depicted aside the scene.

Entomologie, ou, Histoire Naturelle des Insects: Coleoptera. Antoine Guilame Olivier, 1808. [Fourth edition, original publication date 1798.]

winning-is-not-always-good: Golden Ray migration by Sandra...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:33:45 -0400

winning-is-not-always-good:

Golden Ray migration by Sandra Critelli

what a great photo

man-and-camera: I admire Albert Einstein, and I admire nature....

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:33:34 -0400

man-and-camera:

I admire Albert Einstein, and I admire nature. It seemed suiting

heyfunniest: “My 91 yr old grandpa decided he’d be the Mayor...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:32:45 -0400

heyfunniest:

“My 91 yr old grandpa decided he’d be the Mayor from the Powerpuff girls for Halloween.”

THIS BLOG. THIS!

theboywasonfiretoo: michaeeeeeeeeeeeeeel: tom-sits-like-a-whore: to get a lot of followers you...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:32:35 -0400

theboywasonfiretoo:

michaeeeeeeeeeeeeeel:

tom-sits-like-a-whore:

to get a lot of followers you need a popular post

to get a popular post you need a lot of followers

To get a job you need experience

to get experience you need a job

to get a car you need a job

to get a job you need a car