May 2012
21 posts
great dynamic diagram of solar system (click for... →
“Science is primarily an investigation of our place of the Universe — the place...”
– John Gribbin, in Almost Everyone’s Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
An education model based on the same things that... →
“Completing a lesson gives you ‘credit’ that you can use to unlock the next lesson, games, and in some cases a useful tool. For example reading a book and writing about it lets you check out more ebooks from the school’s library, or audition for the play. Mastering addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division gives you a four function calculator. Trig and algebra give you a graphing...
“An ingenious experiment in which tiny parcels of light, or photons, are produced...”
– more: landmark experiment shows space is not empty
note: I was trying to find an abstract picture to go with this article when I realized not only was I trying to visually quantify empty space, but empty space inhabited by virtual photons that fleet in and out of existence.
I give…
“Does the Past Exist Yet? Evidence Suggests Your Past Isn’t Set in Stone”
– via huffingtonpost
April 2012
31 posts
“Our perceptions differ qualitatively from the physical properties of stimuli...”
– PRINCIPLES OF NEURAL SCIENCE, 3RD EDITION., EDS.. KANDEL, SCHWARTZ, & JESSELL, P. 330
“When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a...”
– Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries (via sheaintnosaint)
awesomely interactive periodic table →
