Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and so far the only planet known capable of supporting life. The average temperature on Earth is 7.2°C, but it varies much more than that at its extremes. The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 70.7°C in Iran. The lowest temperature was -89.2°C in Antarctica. With [...]
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible… (via: YouTube)
●What is Spotify? ● Lightweight on-demand streaming ● Large catalogue of music ● Fast ● Legal (via: commsys) ● What? ● HTTP ● Moving to Thrift ● How? ● Mostly Twisted Python ● Two Java services ● One C++ service ● One web server (via: commsys)
“The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes” In 1992, at the age of 12, Severn Cullis-Suzuki raised money with members of ECO, to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Along with group members Michelle Quigg, Vanessa Suttie, and Morgan Geisler, Cullis-Suzuki presented environmental issues from a youth perspective at the summit. [...]
A demo done by Michael Jackson before the final lyrics for Billie Jean were worked out. Song: Billie Jean (Home Demo from 1981) – Track 21 from Thriller 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (via: YouTube)
• 1832 – Born in Dijon on December 15 to François-Alexandre Eiffel and Catherine Mélanie Moneuse. • 1843 – His early childhood is spent with his maternal grandmother and at school at the Lycée in Dijon where he passed his baccalaureate. (more info: here)
As the world grows smaller, you might think it would be easier for human beings to recognize how similar we are; to understand that we all basically want the same things; that we all hope for the chance to live out our lives with some measure of happiness and fulfillment for ourselves and our families. [...]
The Milky Way is shown across the middle and the north pole of the Galaxy towards the top. Use the mouse to drag the sky around. (via: chromoscope)
Galileo’s best known images of the Moon are five engravings (one of which is a duplicate), that appear in his book Sidereus Nuncius, published in mid-March 1610. Note: the reproductions shown here are photographic prints from the National Edition of Galileo’s works. At about the 7 o’clock position on E2, E3 and E4 is what [...]