Chewbacca Actor Shares Vintage Photos From 'Star Wars' Set
A long time ago on a movie set far, far away, people gathered to make the original Star Wars trilogy. Our memories of these films usually revolve around their iconic scenes, but one actor is giving a sneak peek at dozens of behind-the-scenes photos.
Knowledge Doubling Every 12 Months, Soon to be Every 12 Hours
Knowledge Doubling Curve Buckminster Fuller created the “Knowledge Doubling Curve”; he noticed that until 1900 human knowledge doubled approximately every century. By the end of World War II knowledge was doubling every 25 years. Today things are not as simple as different types of knowledge have different rates of growth.
The Ultimate Social Media Image Size Cheat Sheet
If you’re tired of chasing down all the pixel sizes for images in your financial institution’s social media profiles, bookmark this page. Here’s everything you need for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Linkedin. Cover Photo: 851 x 315 px You can’t upload a cover photo that’s less than 720 px wide. For sharp, crisp images, start with a canvas that’s twice the size (1702 x 630 px).
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why You Will Never Find Scientists Leading Armies Into Battle
In the exclusive extras below, the beloved science rock star talks about his childhood curiosity about the universe, Carl Sagan, and his experience on 9/11 in downtown Manhattan. On discovering the stars as a child, on a family trip to the Hayden Planetarium. “The stars came out, and I was hooked. How could you not be?… I was helpless in the presence because of the boundlessness of that night sky. Some people fear the unlimited horizon that is exploration.
Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education
by Maria Popova On the value of cultivating the capacity to seek the significant. In this talk based on his presentation at the Learning Without Frontiers conference in January, philosopher, linguist, and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky — easily one of our time’s sharpest thinkers — discusses the purpose of education. Despite the slow pace and the cheesy AfterEffects animated typography, the video is a treasure trove of insight on everything from the role of technology to the pitfalls of policy. On the industrialization of education, echoing Sir Ken Robinson’s admonition about its effects on creativity:
This Guy Stopped Charging Clients And He Has Zero Regrets
That guy there, with the incredibly cute baby, is a Philadelphia web designer named Adrian Hoppel. A couple of years ago, he decided that working a traditional job was "toxic." This, of course, can be an inconvenient realization for an adult with a family. But Hoppel had given it a lot of thought, and decided to make a specific sort of change: he stopped charging money for his work, and instead began to operate within the "gift economy." There are various societies and groups in which "gifting" is already commonplace, like the yearly Burning Man festival.
Leather Family — Antique Crazy Horse leather Briefcase Laptop Messenger Bag Ipad 14" 15" Laptop 15" Macbook Bag
Product Description: This bag is made of Antique Crazy Horse leather from Italy with cotton fabric lining inside, which made it wearable. It is nicely and neatly stitched to ensure its longevity. Its delicate design and workmanship makes you unique out of the crowds. Material: Antique Crazy Horse leather from Italy; durable cotton fabric lining; bronze tone hardware;
The Entropy of Nations
The 18th century writer Adam Smith provided a workable metaphor for the way society utilizes resources. In his book “The Wealth of Nations,” he argued that even as individuals strive, through personal industry, to maximize their advantage in life, they inadvertently contribute---as if under the influence of a “hidden hand”---to an aggregate disposition of wealth. Well, if Smith were a physicist and alive in the 21st century he might be tempted to compare people or nations to molecules and to replace the phrase “hidden hand” with “thermodynamic process.”
Malt - Whisky Reviews
Skip to content We’ve reached number 4 on the mystery drams received from the fine folks at Malt Review. I’ve explained the concept around these sample exchanges previously but in summary when I wrote these tasting notes I didn’t have a clue what was in the glass.Try it for yourself amongst friends or colleagues. Maybe even get in touch with other bloggers and if they’re anything like me and buy their own stuff, they’ll have plenty to share. Remember there’s few things worse than shelling out for a 70cl and being disappointed.
Empires and slave-trading left their mark on our genes - health - 13 February 2014
Major episodes in history like the rise and fall of the Mongol empire have left indelible marks on our genes. A new genetic study of people alive today shows how our ancestors interbred over the past 4000 years, and links these events to the appearance of empires. Garrett Hellenthal of University College London and colleagues have pinpointed the impacts of historical migrations and invasions on our DNA.
100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything
Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos.
Groundbreaking Idea Of Life's Origin
Why does life exist? Popular hypotheses credit a primordial soup, a bolt of lightning and a colossal stroke of luck. But if a provocative new theory is correct, luck may have little to do with it. Instead, according to the physicist proposing the idea, the origin and subsequent evolution of life follow from the fundamental laws of nature and “should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.” From the standpoint of physics, there is one essential difference between living things and inanimate clumps of carbon atoms: The former tend to be much better at capturing energy from their environment and dissipating that energy as heat. Jeremy England, a 31-year-old assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has derived a mathematical formula that he believes explains this capacity.
