Time lapse view of Earth from space:


Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

And the inner life of a cell:

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If you zoom out far enough, you find things that look similar to what you find when you zoom in far enough.

Now here's an excerpt from A Pale Blue Dot.

It bothers the shit out of me that whenever a female musician gets famous people automatically look for ways to discredit their talent by attacking their appearance. This goes one way for musicians who are fat or ugly but it goes the other way for musicians who aren't because they're accused of being fake or shallow or getting plastic surgery when ( Read more... )

The Toronto SlutWalk was formed in response to some shockingly ignorant statements made by an OPP officer recently:

"On January 24th, 2011, a representative of the Toronto Police gave shocking insight into the Force’s view of sexual assault by stating: 'women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized ( Read more... )