If you like nerds, raise your hand. If you don’t, raise your standards.” – Violet Haberdasher
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Happy 35th Anniversary, Pac-Man!
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2015/05/22/happy-birthday-pac-man/
These plantable coffee cups contain seeds to grow in your backyard
http://www.sciencealert.com/these-plantable-coffee-cups-contain-seeds-to-grow-in-your-backyard
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is among four large carnivore species whose populations are rebounding across Europe thanks to conservation efforts, a study shows.
A New Way to Reach Mars Safely, Anytime and on the Cheap
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-way-to-reach-mars-safely-anytime-and-on-the-cheap/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook
New species and surprising findings in the Mariana Trench
http://phys.org/news/2014-12-species-mariana-trench.html?utm_source=menu&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=item-menu
The Dark Corners of Our DNA Hold Clues about Disease
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-dark-corners-of-our-dna-hold-clues-about-disease/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook
Bats Make a Comeback: Citizen-scientist data obtained through the U.K.’s National Bat Monitoring Programme show that populations of 10 bat species have stabilized or are growing.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41746/title/Bats-Make-a-Comeback/
Anna Pavlova cast herself as a blowsy chrysanthemum in this, the only full-length ballet she choreographed. The role of the leaves went to the corps de ballet
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/lifestyle/kassia-st-clair/line-beauty-leaf
To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.” Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on living with our human fragility – a soul-stretching conversation with Bill Moyers:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/14/martha-nussbaum-bill-moyers-world-of-ideas/
Supercooled Livers Last for Days
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/supercooled-livers-last-for-days/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook
See what was kept under armed guard 10 stories below Grand Central Terminal
http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/worlds-strangest/videos/inside-new-york-citys-most-secret-basement.htm?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ScienceChannel
Secrets of the Creative Brain
A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often
accompanied by mental illness. link
Carbon Dioxide-Monitoring Satellite ‘Go’ for Tuesday Launch
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carbon-dioxide-monitoring-satellite-go-for-tuesday-launch/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBwXanY73mc
Science Shows How Piano Players’ Brains Are Actually Different From Everybody Elses’
http://mic.com/articles/91329/science-shows-how-piano-players-brains-are-actually-different-from-everybody-elses
Math professor receives Breakthrough Prize for innovative work in his field. Lurie wins award Math professor receives Breakthrough Prize for innovative work in his field.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/06/lurie-wins-award/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hu-facebook-general
Dulles Airport Shows Beautiful Images of Mouse Brain and Zebra Fish Embryo
http://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery/dulles-airport-shows-beautiful-images-of-mouse-brain-and-zebra-fish-embryo/
Proof of Superheroic Life in Ancient Egypt!
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2013/10/10/proof-of-superheroic-life-in-ancient-egypt/
Guy Pearce wants to reprise his role as Peter Weyland in Prometheus 2!
http://www.scified.com/site/prometheusmovies/guy-pearce-wants-to-reprise-his-role-as-peter-weyland-in-prometheus-2
A Jetliner For A Fuel-Starved Future
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/jetliner-fuel-starved-future
The Bloodhound SSC team are confident that the 187,000 hp rocket powered car (more than six times the power of all the cars on a Formula 1 starting grid put together) will breach the 1000mph barrier, but trying to stop it is an even bigger challenge.
http://interestingengineering.com/how-do-you-stop-a-1000mph-car/
Seven Of Nine [Pic]
Perhaps there’s something to be said for assimilation after all…
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/12/31/seven-of-nine-pic/
Insect-Inspired Sensors Improve Tiny Robot’s Flight
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40278/title/Insect-Inspired-Sensors-Improve-Tiny-Robot-s-Flight/
TIM BURTON’S BONKERS TAKE ON ‘HANSEL AND GRETEL,’ 1982
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/tim_burtons_bonkers_take_on_hansel_and_gretel_1982
Epic General Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX) Cosplay
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/12/21/epic-general-beatrix-final-fantasy-ix-cosplay-pictures/
Decades before the golden age of the selfie, mysterious street photographer Vivian Maier’s magnificent self-portraits:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/26/vivian-maier-self-portraits-book/
The Machine from HP could change computing by calculating 640TBs in 1 billionth of a second June 19th, 2014 By Allison Blackburn
http://interestingengineering.com/the-machine-from-hp-could-change-computing-by-calculating-640tbs-in-1-billionth-of-a-second/
Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space on this day in 1983, on what it’s actually like to launch on the Space Shuttle – amazing first-hand account.
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/07/24/rip-sally-ride/
Rumors are swirling that the University of Southern California may acquire The Scripps Research Institute.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40268/title/USC-to-Merge-with-Scripps-/
8 things you didn’t know about the artist Vincent Van Gogh
http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/13/van-gogh-starry-night-fluid-dynamics-animation/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/van-gogh-bike-path_n_6155718.html
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