May 2012
22 posts
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“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted … but to...”
– Sir Francis Bacon (via explore-blog)
May 26th
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May 26th
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“It is the content of the observer’s brain, accumulated by years of work, that...”
– Polymath-surgeon Sir Henry Souttar on the art of scientific investigation (and creativity in any discipline)
May 26th
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“The more one judges, the less one loves.”
– Honoré de Balzac (via simplyhasanah)
May 26th
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May 26th
21 notes
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May 24th
255 notes
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 21st
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May 17th
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“I can’t think of any more human activity than conducting science experiments....”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson on why the impulse for science is hard-wired in our DNA. (via explore-blog)
May 17th
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National Geographic Magazine: Prehistoric "Panda"... →
nationalgeographicmagazine: With only teeth to go on, scientists have reportedly identified a giant panda ancestor: A. beatrix. // Illustration courtesy José Antonio Peñas, SINC Christine Dell’Amore for National Geographic News Published May 14, 2012 A prehistoric relative of the giant panda has been discovered in…
May 17th
127 notes
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May 12th
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May 12th
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May 12th
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simplyhasanah: If you want to remind others, let it be firm but gentle. Even if you are giving the right reminder but if you do it in the worst of manner, the only thing that would leave in people’s mind and hearts would be your rudeness, not your reminders.　
May 12th
16 notes
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May 2nd
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May 2nd
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May 2nd
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“At their core, artists and scientists are not so different from one another....”
– Bill O’Brien on art and science for The National Endowment of the Arts.  Einstein and Nietzsche would agree. (↬ It’s Okay To Be Smart)
May 2nd
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April 2012
14 posts
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Apr 26th
22 notes
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Apr 25th
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“Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about Cleanliness Worry...”
– In a 1933 letter to his 11-year-old daughter Scottie, F. Scott Fitzgerald produced this poignant and wise list of things to worry, not worry, and think about – the best father’s advice since John Steinbeck’s letter to his son on falling in love and this beautiful letter to 16-year-old Jackson...
Apr 25th
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“The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique,...”
– Mstislav Rostropovich (via anniecellist)
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
2,285 notes
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Listencatharticcat: Philip Glass - Songs and Poems for...
Apr 19th
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Headcanons: When Tintin characters are...
keitheaverage: Tintin: Haddock: Snowy: The Thom(p)sons (towards each other): Bianca: Calculus: Chang: Skut: Calculus’ gif is when he’s mildly angry, not when he’s in an extreme outrage ;)
Apr 18th
95 notes
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Apr 18th
9 notes
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Apr 18th
8 notes
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Apr 3rd
12 notes
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Apr 2nd
8,066 notes
March 2012
32 posts
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Mar 30th
292 notes
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Mar 30th
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Mar 30th
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Mar 30th
1,812 notes
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Mar 29th
121 notes
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Mar 29th
1,925 notes
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Mar 29th
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Mar 29th
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Mar 28th
56 notes
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“Ever since puberty, ever since I was 11 or 12, I’ve had cyclical depression....”
– Rachel Maddow on depression (via nprfreshair)
Mar 28th
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Mar 28th
1,433 notes
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Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
1,548 notes