Via @thelastminute:
In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it’s too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of [...]
Wednesday 10 Jun, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Biology + Environment + Geology + Life + World
Sunday 14 Dec, 2008 at 2:14 am
Humor + Life + Technology
Neuroscientist Jill Taylor describes her experience with a stroke.
Friday 21 Mar, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Biology + Life + Philosophy + Science + Universe
Confirms my theory that skin color is a function of the earth’s axis and exposure to solar radiation. Duh.
Monday 28 Jan, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Environment + Information Design + Life + World
“I for one am afraid that American culture’s overemphasis on happiness at the expense of sadness might be dangerous, a wanton forgetting of an essential part of a full life. I further am concerned that to desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inauthentic, to settle for unrealistic abstractions that ignore concrete situations.”
Thursday 24 Jan, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Culture + Health + Life + Literature + Philosophy + Psychology + World
A reversed-polarity sunspot was detected today, marking solar minimum and the beginning of the 24th solar cycle (since humans first recorded the undulating pattern of solar intensity nearly 400 years ago).
Friday 4 Jan, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Astronomy + Life + Physics + Science + Universe
Put a bunch of humans on a tiny ship on a 6 month trip to Mars and, you can imagine. Astronauts need to do it like anyone else, especially if the mission counts on their mental and physical well-being.
Wednesday 12 Dec, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Astronomy + Biology + Life + Science + Sex + Technology + Travel
“Where forward thinking terrestrials share ideas and information about the state of the species, their planet and the universe, living the lives of science fiction.”
Sunday 25 Nov, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Architecture + Art/Design + Astronomy + Industrial Design + Internet + Life + Physics + SciFi + Science + Technology + Universe + World
If you didn’t go or if you’re just now getting back, there’s a lot of digital remnants from this year’s Burn. I’ve been following it all fairly closely and am posting the best of what I’ve seen. Please let me know if I’m missing anything cool.
Tuesday 4 Sep, 2007 at 1:36 am
Architecture + Art/Design + Culture + Dance + Environment + Internet + Life + Music + Painting + Performance + Photography + Sculpture + Technology + Travel
Give enough of a tug and you can stretch outside your body, at least enough to induce a nonlocal perspective. Think solar flares, jet lightning, Wooly Willy …
Wednesday 29 Aug, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Biology + Gaming + Life + Psychology + Science + Technology