"In order to see the true nature of gravity, we have to remove the air." NASA's crazy awesome vacuum chamber is put to work showing how gravity works when air resistance is removed from the equation. The result it very cool.
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This interesting clip fowards the cool theory that this lamenting song "Alabama" was written after the cadence of a Martin Luther King speech delivered after the murder of four girls in Birmingham, AL in 1963. From a radio doc called "Tell Me How Long Trane's Been Gone." This is what will happen if the net is not kept neutral. The importance of this site I'm sharing is in the marketing-speak, the lies and the pictures of happy people. They will limit you and charge you for it while trying to make you believe you're winning. "Best deal," indeed . (Click on the photo to link to the site. This is the introduction of a cool new feature I just discovered.)
An episode of PBS's "Secrets of the Dead" that explores the development of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, and the context around it. Some unseen footage and interviews with people who watched nuclear tests back in the day.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1923035514/ Kill some time trying not to get killed by the giant meteor that's fucking all the shit up. You are a dinosaur. Right is safe. Left is apocalypse. The rest is a really good game. http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/index2.html The developers have a new game now you can check out as well. In this video you can see the shadow of the moon pass over the earth. It's something you wouldn't normally be able to make out but the right combination of moon position and timing delivers awesomeness. Link to NASA's Astonomy Picture Of The Day site (and the video): here. From NASA: "Have you ever experienced a total eclipse of the Sun? The above time-lapse movie depicts such an eclipse in dramatic detail as visible from Australia last month. As the video begins, a slight dimming of the Sun and the surrounding Earth is barely perceptible. Suddenly, as the Moon moves to cover nearly the entire Sun, darkness sweeps in from the left -- the fully blocked part of the Sun. At totality, only the bright solar coronaextends past the edges of the Moon, and darkness surrounds you. Distant horizons are still bright, though, as they are not in the darkest part of the shadow. At mid-totality the darkness dips to the horizon below the eclipsed Sun, created by the shadow cone -- a corridor of shadow that traces back to the Moon. As the total solar eclipse ends -- usually after a few minutes -- the process reverses and Moon's shadow moves off to the other side.Solar eclipses can frequently be experienced at gatherings organized along the narrow eclipse path as well as specialized cruises and plane flights." Tim Minchin is a wonderful, intelligent and heartfelt man. And a killer musician, which is really why any of us have stopped on this post, right? Insight into the experiences of growing up as heir to incredible estates. A fascinating portfolio of people who have reacted to, and defined themselves against, a fortune that is often hard to even fathom. If there was ever more conclusive proof that it's the meaning you create, not the meaning that you are given, that makes for a satisfying life, I haven't heard of it. Personal aside: please, if you are super rich, use your money to help less fortunate people educate themselves. Or take up painting. It's a free country. Born Rich (2003) Directed and narrated by the heir to the Johnson & Johnson estate, Jamie. |
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