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whitehouse: Big news: Tomorrow President Obama will designate a new national monument honoring women’s equality on Equal Pay Day.
irakalan: Psychedelic Paint and Poured Resin Artworks by Bruce Riley Bruce Riley is a Chicago based artist who drips paint into paint in an endlessly layered arrangement resulting in paintings that look like underwater scenes, psychedelic visions and
stuffmomnevertoldyou: Next month, 93-year-old Leah Chase – the queen of New Orleans Creole cooking – will become the first African-American to receive the James Beard Foundation’s lifetime-achievement award.
NASA has trialled an engine that would take us to Mars in 10 weeks
astrowhat: Orion in red (light emitted by sulfur II and hydrogen) and blue (light emitted by oxygen III).
did-you-kno: Researchers developed a transparent wood that could one day replace glass windows with material that never cracks or shatters. Source Source 2
michaelmoonsbookshop: michaelmoonsbookshop: Fine leather bound books with gilt tooling and marbled page edges.. [Sold]
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smithsonianlibraries: In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, North America, Australia, western Asia and most of the Pacific Ocean will be treated to a full lunar eclipse in which the moon takes on a reddish hue as it passes through the Earth’s shadow.
daughterofchaos: Victorian Decorated chancel ceiling by Spencer Means
Frontiers Lecture: The Cosmic Web - Mysterious Architecture of the Universe
did-you-kno: Photographer Wayne MacWilliams was black water diving one night and caught a rare glimpse of a tiny fish hanging out inside a translucent sea creature. MacWilliams was black water diving off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida, during a
Lost Wright Brothers' 'Flying Machine' Patent Resurfaces
coolartefact: A well-preserved bronze sword was unearthed in Zhoukou, Henan province, from a 2,000-year-old tomb along with other funeral objects. [900x600]Source: http://i.imgur.com/50n91wk.jpg
section1rules: did-you-kno: Hungarian chef Judit Czinkné Poór turns ordinary cookies into edible works of art by using icing to make unique designs and portraits. Source Source 2 Source 3 This woman is so freaking talented!!!! How can you eat
did-you-kno: Thanks to the Superhero Cyborgs program, 10-year-old Jordan Reeves was able to create her own prosthetic arm: a glitter cannon she named Project Unicorn. The program teams kids up with engineers who encourage them to think of their
collectorsweekly: If You’re Too Young to Remember the Magic of Tower Records, Here’s What You Missed
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dvlanobrein: this is the best buzzfeed article i’ve ever read i literally teared up i just!!!
mostlycatsmostly: Jasmine Cat on Holiday - Phuket (via patt369)
taifunu: Old Art-Nouveau (Mexico City. Gustavo Thomas © 2016) by Gustavo Thomas on Flickr.
futurnow: Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space
coolartefact: 10 tons of 2 million ancient coins from Han Dynasty 2,200 years ago unearthed in China [950x632]Source: http://i.imgur.com/q6IhYOn.jpg
coolartefact: Bronze Corinthian Helmet with silver nails,5th cent.BC [1448x2224]Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Corinthian_helmet_Cdm_Paris_BB2013.jpg
Meet The 'Rocket Girls,' The Women Who Charted The Course To Space
did-you-kno: Blood donors in Sweden get a text message whenever their blood is used to save a life. The program hopes to recruit and retain more donors by highlighting their importance and getting them excited about making a difference. Source
catsofinstagram: From @themainecoonlife: “#NetflixandChill” #catsofinstagram [source: http://ift.tt/1X7SMWL ]
coolartefact: The Goddess Uma. Sandstone, Cambodia, during the Angkor period, 900s CE [600x1000]Source: http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/zoom/S1987.909.jpg
compoundchem: This Week in Chemistry: Colour-changing polymer camouflage, storing images in DNA, bullet-obliterating metal foams, and more! http://goo.gl/01u3E2
seekernetwork:How This Town Produces No Trash In 2003, the local government in Kamikatsu, Japan decided to require that all residents comply with a new, rigorous recycling program - perhaps the most rigorous in the world. Since then, the town composts,
cracked: Look, slightly curved boners are normal. If you ever see one that’s ramrod straight, please check its owner for a metal skin and subject him to a Turing test. But nature is called a mother for a reason, and sometimes it likes to go a little
Possible second Viking site discovered in North America
smithsonianlibraries: Do you know who the first professional woman in aeronautics was? Think it’s Amelia Earhart? Try again. Over a century before Earhart’s time, Sophie Blanchard took her place in history as the first professional female aeronaut
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did-you-kno: When depression-era farmwomen had to start using flour bags and feed sacks to make clothes for their families, manufacturers began making their bags out of brightly-colored and printed fabrics to boost sales and add a little flair
amnhnyc: Live from the American Museum of Natural History, watch the 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate live with host Neil deGrasse Tyson. The topic of the debate, Is the Universe a Simulation, will be discussed by David Chalmers, Zohreh Davoudi, James
San Francisco becomes first US city to mandate fully paid parental leave
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stuffmomnevertoldyou: Today on the Podcast: The First Lady of the Black Press When trailblazing reporter Ethel Payne died, The Washington Post eulogized that had Payne “not been black, she certainly would have been one of the most recognized journalists
BREAKING: Joe Medicine Crow, The Last Living Plains Indian War Chief, Dies At 102
museum-of-artifacts: Viking burial mounds in Denmark Lindholm Høje Museet
guardian: Northern lights, blood moons and brilliant starsLook up to be amazed. We’ve compiled some of the most enthralling images in the galaxy — like the Monument Stars in Monument Valley, Utah — all of which are contestants in the Insight
fuckyeahgreece: A small neighborhood in the heart of picturesque Plaka.Anafiotika, AthensSource: Amazing Greece / Incroyable Grèce
atomic-flash: Hans Zimmer and his Moog synthesizer, 1970. (image via Demotivateur)
How a failed search for malaria treatment gave us purple dye
museum-of-artifacts: A road sign pointing the way to a brothel in Pompeii, 79 AD
mymodernmet:Playful Planetary Pillows Let You Cozy Up to the Cosmos
designmeetstyle: Let’s take a moment to appreciate the power of scale. Nicole White Quinn wanted to incorporate pavers into her backyard makeover, but knew how tedious it would be for such a large area. Instead, she poured large concrete slabs in a
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fattributes: Black Velvet Nebula Cake
howstuffworks: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou (born April 4, 1928)
neurosciencestuff: (Image caption: This graphic depicts stimuli that provoked the strongest response from an individual neuron. The frame of reference the images seem to share is a tilt to the left. Credit: Johns Hopkins University)Scientists Find
cracked: Our Brains Are Shrinking: 22 Ways The Human Race Is Changing
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fuckyeahgreece: …a different view of Navajo Beach, Zakynthos :)
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