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via The Pain— When Will it End?

Here is a fascinating video of some planets and stars, drawn to scale.
Reminiscent of Powers of Ten.

These are two classic experiments in human behavior that everyone should learn about. As children we learn to do (and believe) as we’re told. But to become mature adults, we need to learn to recognize, survive, and constructively reform situations susceptible to rankism and learned helplessness.
The Milgram Obedience Experiment
7 minutes
One of Stanley Milgram’s basic contributions [...]

The following excerpt is from an interview with Ann Druyan, collaborator and widow of Carl Sagan. Druyan spoke with DJ Grothe on the latest Point of Inquiry podcast, and I strongly recommend the episode and the entire series.
DJ Grothe: Let’s get back to spirituality in terms of science. You talk about that he viewed science [...]

The Inner Life of the Cell
Produced by Harvard and XVIVO (which has an interesting animation gallery.)
NanoFactory
Singularity, here we come…
Space Elevator
And one more vision… this on the macro-scale, using nano materials.

This article is a followup to an exchange I had with “Douglas” in the comments section of my recent posting, The Three Arguments Against Atheism. In that discussion, I offered to refer the question of estimated dates in radiometric dating to an actual scientist and post the result. The scientist I contacted was Dr. Daniel [...]

A few suggestions for celebratory activities in honor of Rube Goldberg, famous for creating comics depicting insanely complex machines that ultimately perform trivial tasks:

Make ramen for dinner
Play Half-Life 2
Participate in the Democratic process
Watch a Japanese kid’s show
Watch the most amazing commercial and its making
Play with virtual glass
Go insane trying to make your own
Or just follow [...]

Powers of Ten was an amazing short film when it came out in 1977, and despite a few errors and omissions it’s still amazing today.
And once you’ve wrapped your head around that, watch Homer Simpson wrapping his head around it.