Smart Guys

I'm really glad there are people who volunteer to get the headaches that come from thinking this stuff through.

My head thanks you for your service, guys.

Today's Golden Oldie

Word Porn

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Sez

I'm alive in the universe,

but I feel small.

No.

The universe is alive within you,

and you should feel large.

Today's Nerd

"... a brand new physics..."

My new favorite phrase from my new favorite ÜberNerd.

Today In Nerd Things

Go places and see things. It might surprise you how doing that makes you less inclined to fuck with people.

Today's Nerdy Thing

I'll keep saying it - I love me some excitable nerds.

Dr Becky (Rebeccah Smethurst, PhD) - a little amped up about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Gazing At The Sky

We must always dream of the day when we can knock off he shit, stop fucking with each other, and just lie back and count the stars.

Some day.

It's OK To Be Smart - Hubble

On A Sunday

Carl Sagan asks only for us to think it over.

Song: The Earth Prelude
Artist: Ludovico Einaudi

Paramecia, People & Petunias

The Powers Of Ten:

More Bad News

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková will NOT destroy the earth this time around, so our long global nightmare will continue for (probably) another 5.25 years - until it comes back around.

Of course, with "President" Chaos in the White House, the odds improve greatly for the end to come a little sooner.

Sleep well.

Today's Video

Amy Schumer seems to be working hard and she's getting better at it.

hat tip = Little Green Footballs

A Star Died That You Should Live

"The universe is huge and old, and rare things happen all the time." --Lawrence Krauss

Apollo's Entourage

Makes My Head Hurt

Here's a map of neuro-transmissions in human muscle tissue:

Here's a map of neuro-transmissions in human brain tissue: 

And here's a map of galaxies somewhere out there in deep space:

Do we look for the similarities because we need similarities to be there?  

Or are there similarities because everything comes from the same stuff?

Deep Astronomy.com

This Point Of Pale Light

Just Thinkin'

Each of my eyes is made up of about 6 million cells, and each of those cells is made up of about 100 trillion atoms.

Add the hundreds of trillions of atoms that make up all the other cells just in the rest of my Central Nervous System, and you get a number that's as difficult to comprehend as the universe itself.

But consider this:  every one of those atoms was created in the core of a star billions of years ago.  And now, those atoms making up the cells making up my eyes allow me to capture and analyze and appreciate the energies released from the same process that went into creating my ability to capture and analyze and appreciate...

Like the man said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."