This is the first time i watched this video and I swear I cried.
Despite reading about Curiosity for at least a month now, this video really drove home the audacity of what was achieved.
Dare Mighty Things.
What would happen if you fired light into a bottle and could film it at 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second? If you slow it down by a factor of 10 billion you can watch it. It’s incredible.
Do you watch TEDTalks?? You probably should if you like learning.
Learn more about the TED organization…
Femto-photography, mofos!
Kids' Evolution Book, Shunned in US, Gets Award
*Bravo, America. Bravo
*ironic clapping
You can get it through Amazon or Barnes and Noble in the USA.
“[The author] said that he has already received angry emails from creationists demanding to know why his book doesn’t give “equal time” to their point of view. He explains that his book is about science, not religion. Furthermore, the Christian creation story is only one of many from various cultures around the world.”
The other irony being that the poeple who would write those emails and demonstrate against this book would be the very ones who need to read it - that is, people with less than an 8 year old’s understanding of science.
Source: catty1
