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Scale of Earth, Sun, Rigel, and VY Canis Majoris. [full zoom at the end]

What It's Like to Be an Astronaut: Amazing Videos of the View From Space | Wired Science If you're the sort of person who enjoys looking out of airplane windows, watching landscapes pass and Earth unfold, then see these videos from the International Space Station. Assembled from photographic sequences captured in April and May, the videos show Earth from an orbital perspective. Continents pass in minutes. Glories like the northern lights and a solar eclipse fit in their entirety within one person's sight. Each clip represents a few minutes of flight time, with photographs taken at a rate of roughly once per second. The videos are kept at NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth site, where high-resolution versions can also be found.

What Is The Law Of Attraction - Learn How To Use The Law Of Attraction | The Law Of Attraction Simply put, the law of attraction is the ability to attract into our lives whatever it is that we desire. It is believed that regardless of age, nationality or beliefs, we are all susceptible to the laws which govern the universe – one of which being the law of attraction. It is the law of attraction which uses the power of the mind to translate whatever is in our thoughts and materialise them into reality. In basic terms, all thoughts turn into things. This is why the universe is such an infinitely beautiful place, as the law of attraction dictates that whatever can be imagined and held in the mind’s eye is then provided to you directly from the universe. Learn How To Use The Law Of Attraction One of the biggest secrets in life, very few people are fully aware of how much of an impact the law of attraction has on their day to day life. Does The Law Of Attraction Work And How Can It Be Used To Your Advantage? Is The Law Of Attraction Real?

The 6 Most Frequently Quoted Brain Facts (That Are Total BS) After millennia of research, experts still don't know very much about the human brain. As such, most of what you have picked up on the subject from pop culture is just laughably wrong. In fact, we'll bet you even heard some or all of these brain myths in school at some point ... #6. What you heard: It's the reason Homer Simpson gets stupider every season, and it's what your mom warned you about when you got caught sneaking a beer from dad's stash when you were 13: Every beer you drink kills something like a million brain cells and makes you permanently stupider. Getty"Goodbye, Algebra 2!" The truth: Let's get this out of the way now -- too much alcohol does a whole host of horrible shit to just about every organ in your body. Getty"Asleep" isn't the same as "brain damaged." The whole idea of alcohol destroying your brain actually dates back to the temperance movement in America, circa 1830. Plenty of people believed it -- it just seems like common sense that beer destroys the brain. #5. #4.

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