1. 15 May


    Masdar City - U.A.E. “As such, it is a model for sustainable urban development regionally and globally, seeking to be a commercially viable development that delivers the highest quality living and working environment with the lowest possible ecological footprint.”Just found out about this wonderful urban planning project in Abu Dhabi, to create the most ecologically friendly and energy efficient city in the world!Originally posted at “I Fucking Love Science” (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=595072603847088&set=a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035&type=1&theater)

    Masdar City - U.A.E.

    “As such, it is a model for sustainable urban development regionally and globally, seeking to be a commercially viable development that delivers the highest quality living and working environment with the lowest possible ecological footprint.”

    Just found out about this wonderful urban planning project in Abu Dhabi, to create the most ecologically friendly and energy efficient city in the world!

    Originally posted at “I Fucking Love Science” (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=595072603847088&set=a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035&type=1&theater)

     

  2. 15 May


    wnycradiolab:

    canadian-space-agency:

    Col. Chris Hadfield: “Safely home - back on Earth, happily readapting to the heavy pull of gravity. Wonderful to smell and feel Spring.”

    Read about Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield’s return to Earth following historic five-month mission here: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0513.asp

    Photo credits: Mikhail Metzel/AFP/Getty Images/Guardian/space-pics/NASA 

    Just awesome. Just plain awesome.

     

  3. 15 May


    “Why Atheism Will Replace Religion” bit of an old article but just saw it posted by Godless Spellchecker on Twitter (https://twitter.com/GSpellchecker) http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201005/why-atheism-will-replace-religion

    “Why Atheism Will Replace Religion”

    bit of an old article but just saw it posted by Godless Spellchecker on Twitter (https://twitter.com/GSpellchecker)

    http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201005/why-atheism-will-replace-religion

     

  4. 15 May


    geekographer:

    FUTURE SCIENCE: Field Guide for the Fringes

    Series of mad scientist-approved, iconographic experiment posters are coming to the Geekerie Etsy shop soon! Check out some of the 16 great designs already available!

     

  5. 15 May


    thetruthisviral: Hubble has spotted an ancient galaxy that shouldn’t exist This galaxy is so large, so fully-formed, astronomers say it shouldn’t exist at all. It’s called a “grand-design” spiral galaxy, and unlike most galaxies of its kind, this one is old. Like, really, really old. According to a new study conducted by researchers using NASA’s Hubble Telescope, it dates back roughly 10.7-billion years — and that makes it the most ancient spiral galaxy we’ve ever discovered. “The vast majority of old galaxies look like train wrecks,” said UCLA astrophysicist Alice Shapley in a press release. “Our first thought was, why is this one so different, and so beautiful?” Read more: here

    thetruthisviral:

    Hubble has spotted an ancient galaxy that shouldn’t exist


    This galaxy is so large, so fully-formed, astronomers say it shouldn’t exist at all. It’s called a “grand-design” spiral galaxy, and unlike most galaxies of its kind, this one is old. Like, really, really old. According to a new study conducted by researchers using NASA’s Hubble Telescope, it dates back roughly 10.7-billion years — and that makes it the most ancient spiral galaxy we’ve ever discovered.

    “The vast majority of old galaxies look like train wrecks,” said UCLA astrophysicist Alice Shapley in a press release. “Our first thought was, why is this one so different, and so beautiful?”

    Read more: here

    (via disasterolorgy)

     

  6. 9 May


    Might seem like a bit of a cheesy attempt to make Atheism “Cool”, but I think it perfectly illustrates how people from many walks of life can be an atheist, and I hope that it helps demonstrate how Atheists are not alone”10 celebs you didn’t know were atheists” - Salonhttp://www.salon.com/2013/02/23/10_celebs_you_didnt_know_were_atheists_partner/

    Might seem like a bit of a cheesy attempt to make Atheism “Cool”, but I think it perfectly illustrates how people from many walks of life can be an atheist, and I hope that it helps demonstrate how Atheists are not alone

    ”10 celebs you didn’t know were atheists” - Salon

    http://www.salon.com/2013/02/23/10_celebs_you_didnt_know_were_atheists_partner/

     

  7. 7 May


    “MUSLIM WOMAN TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT ISLAM”

    An Arabic news reporter puts imam in his place.

     

  8. 7 May


    This is a human eye, right? Wrong! It’s a Rhesus Macaque! Lovely collection of close ups of animal eyes from Suren Manvelyan in an article from the Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2320191/Eye-tiger-Incredibly-detailed-photos-animal-eyes-look-extreme-close-up.htmlOriginally saw it on Richard Dawkins’ twitter page :) https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins

    This is a human eye, right? Wrong! It’s a Rhesus Macaque!

    Lovely collection of close ups of animal eyes from Suren Manvelyan in an article from the Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2320191/Eye-tiger-Incredibly-detailed-photos-animal-eyes-look-extreme-close-up.html

    Originally saw it on Richard Dawkins’ twitter page :)

    https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins

     

  9. 6 May


    “Why I Don’t Argue With Creationists” - Lee Myers from Atheist Repblic http://www.atheistrepublic.com/blog/lee-myers/why-i-don-t-argue-creationists

    “Why I Don’t Argue With Creationists” - Lee Myers from Atheist Repblic

    http://www.atheistrepublic.com/blog/lee-myers/why-i-don-t-argue-creationists

     

  10. 6 May


    From “We Fucking Love Atheism” - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=472569156150908&set=a.272658686141957.63954.272308546176971&type=1&theater

    From “We Fucking Love Atheism” - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=472569156150908&set=a.272658686141957.63954.272308546176971&type=1&theater