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jtotheizzoe:

Measuring the Universe

Measuring things that we can touch, feel and see up close is easy. No matter the exact method, we mostly just use big rulers down here on Earth.

But how do we measure the universe? How do we tally distances on a scale of time and space so immense that our brain can quite literally not reconcile them? 

Here’s a fantastic animation by the Royal Observatory to answer that question.

(by Royal Observatory Greenwich, tip o’ the glass to thekidshouldseethis)

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• Her:Lift your leg up here, if you can.
• Me:Okay.
• Her:...Well, it doesn't look like anything is broken.
• Me:That's what I figured. I mean, I'm old enough that all the epiphyses should be fused, and I know I didn't hit it hard enough to fracture the tibia or at the right angle to damage the fibula.
• Her:...
• Her:...
• Her:...
• Me:What.

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cycnus:

Erika Iris Simmons

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bookmania:

from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

• I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.
• When chemists die, they barium.
• Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
• I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time.
• I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
• This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
• I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
• I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
• They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.
• We’re going on a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there's no pop quiz.
• Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
• Broken pencils are pointless.
• I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
• What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
• I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
• All the toilets in New York’s police stations have been stolen. The police have nothing to go on.
• I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
• Haunted French pancakes give me the crêpes.
• A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy.
• The earthquake in Washington obviously was the Government's fault.
• Be kind to your dentist. He has fillings, too.

whenyounoticethestripes:

GPOY

I went to Union Docs for my last radio production class, and unintentionally end up dressing like the Eleventh Doctor. I think it’s the jacket that really did it… BUT during class someone’s phone rang, and the ringtone was the TARDIS - so I may be a complete nerd, but at least I’m not alone… 

haha. that was totally my phone.

nevver:

The Art of Living

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jtotheizzoe:

Ink Wants to Form Neurons, and an Artful Scientist Obliges

Greg Dunn instantly recognized the similarities between ink flow on paper and the patterns of neurons. He believes that this “fractal nature” of the universe holds true for scales from cells to galaxies.

(via DISCOVER Magazine)