via http://www.theabsolute.net From the page: “To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.” – Cardinal Bellarmine, 1615, during the trial of Galileo
The Mimicry of Spiders
via Dark Roasted Blend How absolutely horrifyingly cute!
Sierpinski Triangle Quilt
via Mathematical QUilts From the page: Sierpinkskis Triangle – Waclaw Sierpinski, 1882-1969, was a Polish mathematician that was very interested in patterns, including Pythagorean triples. This triangle, a fractal, was found on the floor of a church in Anagni, Italy. This oldest fractal dates to 1104. It is said that this fractal, named after Sierpinski, is the first fractal in
The Art and Science of Colored Sand Grains
Bet you didn’t know sand could be so beautiful. Bet you didn’t know sand could be so beautiful.
The Theory of Everything
PESWiki The “Theory” of Everything is based on the idea of symmetry – that everything has an opposite, nothing. Simply put, the opposite of the number 0 is the number everything. The “Theory” of Everything is based on the idea that all numbers, including zero, have a negative reciprocal. 1/0=ALL
How to Build a Better Being
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/how-to-build-a-better-being-3863?rm=1 “Journey into the billion-year history of the human body, led by computer game visionary, Will Wright as he explores the break through science that’s revealing the secret genetic machinery that shapes all life in the game Spore”
Two for Tuesday – Conformity
This explains religion: Jesus Camp Death to America
3 artists get creative aboard ‘vomit comet’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25593724/ `I was painting upside down,’ one says; two others fall ill.
Age of the universe – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_universe From the page: “This article focuses on modern scientific research on the age of the universe. For religious beliefs about the age of the universe, see creation myth.”
Watch The Universal Mushroom Principle
http://www.aniboom.com/video/1286/The-Universal-Mushroom-Principle/ Pretty neato. Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom
Platypus Genome – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/science/08platypus.html