Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect.

: Annular eclipse dominates the sky

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An amazing and rare spectacle occurred yesterday, the 20th May 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth - an annular eclipse which dominated the skies mainly above Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. The picture above is the view from Taipei in…

“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”
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I wanted to tell you…

That he finally proposed to me. With a ring and a declaration of love and commitment. But, since we don’t talk anymore, I didn’t know how to tell you.

So, thank you, Tumblr.

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Courage is the shit!

Courage is the shit!

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quantumaniac: The “Scientifically Perfect” Face  English scientists think that such a face would mirror Florence Colgate’s. The 18-year-old student recently won a competition to find Britain’s most naturally beautiful face. Although the final test came down to an opinion poll, science backs up Colgate’s perfection, according to the Daily Mail. Her “flawless proportions” represent the optimum ratio between eyes, mouth, forehead and chin, the newspaper reports. For example, it’s believed that in the most attractive female faces, pupils are just under half the width of the face; Colgate’s ratio is 44 percent. The distance between eyes and mouth should be just over a third of the distance between the hairline and chin; Colgate’s ratio is 32.8 per cent. Scientists have also linked symmetry and beauty, and Colgate’s face is almost perfectly symmetrical. ”Symmetry appears to be a very important cue to attractiveness,” Carmen Lefèvre, PhD student at the University of St. Andrews’ Perception Lab in the School of Psychology, told KentOnline. “Although we don’t realize it in everyday interactions, in most people’s faces the right and left half of the face are actually quite different. For example, the size of the eyes is different or the nose is slightly bent to one side. An explanation why symmetry is important is that it may be a signal of health and good genes.” The “Lorraine: Naked” competition judged contestants without makeup or plastic surgery. “I was fine having my picture taken with no make up on as I am used to it,” Colgate told KentOnline. “I hope people will look at me and think they don’t need to wear lots of make up…I am very happy with the way I look. I would never have any plastic surgery or botox.” England agrees. Her face will be plastered across billboards at Superdrug stores across the country as a result of her victory.

quantumaniac:

The “Scientifically Perfect” Face 

English scientists think that such a face would mirror Florence Colgate’s. The 18-year-old student recently won a competition to find Britain’s most naturally beautiful face. Although the final test came down to an opinion poll, science backs up Colgate’s perfection, according to the Daily Mail.

Her “flawless proportions” represent the optimum ratio between eyes, mouth, forehead and chin, the newspaper reports. For example, it’s believed that in the most attractive female faces, pupils are just under half the width of the face; Colgate’s ratio is 44 percent. The distance between eyes and mouth should be just over a third of the distance between the hairline and chin; Colgate’s ratio is 32.8 per cent.

Scientists have also linked symmetry and beauty, and Colgate’s face is almost perfectly symmetrical. ”Symmetry appears to be a very important cue to attractiveness,” Carmen Lefèvre, PhD student at the University of St. Andrews’ Perception Lab in the School of Psychology, told KentOnline. “Although we don’t realize it in everyday interactions, in most people’s faces the right and left half of the face are actually quite different. For example, the size of the eyes is different or the nose is slightly bent to one side. An explanation why symmetry is important is that it may be a signal of health and good genes.” The “Lorraine: Naked” competition judged contestants without makeup or plastic surgery.

“I was fine having my picture taken with no make up on as I am used to it,” Colgate told KentOnline. “I hope people will look at me and think they don’t need to wear lots of make up…I am very happy with the way I look. I would never have any plastic surgery or botox.”

England agrees. Her face will be plastered across billboards at Superdrug stores across the country as a result of her victory.

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Girlfriend decided to put a sock on my dogs foot, and my dog seemed a little shocked to say the least.

Girlfriend decided to put a sock on my dogs foot, and my dog seemed a little shocked to say the least.

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quantumaniac: The First Human Infected by a Computer Virus Mark Gasson, senior research fellow at the University of Reading, was able to infect a tiny, radio frequency identification (RFID) chip with a virus before he placed it under the skin on his hand. He uses that chip to activate his cell phone, as well as open secure doors.Thanks to the computer chip, his cell phone knows when he’s using it, and when someone else is trying to operate the device. If someone else tries to use his phone (after, say, stealing it), that person is not able to use it. Only Gasson can.And instead of him swiping an ID card to enter his building, he just needs to wave his hand to gain entrance. The convenience of not taking out his ID and the safety of his phone come with a price, however. He served as carrier, and was able to pass the virus on to an external computer. The virus was of Gasson’s own design and was not malicious. But he was able to show that computer viruses can move seamlessly between computers within and outside the body. And theoretically, if a person had several computers in his or her body, a computer virus could spread from one to another, infecting them all.  Why would people have computers in their bodies? Researchers around the world are developing tiny electronics that can be ingested or embedded in people for health or even security reasons. Consider the camera pill, which records data from the intestines, bionic eyes, bionic limbs, implantable telescopes to improve vision, and more. The kind of computer chip that Gasson installed in his body is not in wide use, so no need to worry as of yet. In fact, you have more reason to worry about bed bugs than computer bugs. But in the future, computers will get under our skin, and people will have to take precautions to spread digital infections. 

quantumaniac:

The First Human Infected by a Computer Virus

Mark Gasson, senior research fellow at the University of Reading, was able to infect a tiny, radio frequency identification (RFID) chip with a virus before he placed it under the skin on his hand. He uses that chip to activate his cell phone, as well as open secure doors.

Thanks to the computer chip, his cell phone knows when he’s using it, and when someone else is trying to operate the device. If someone else tries to use his phone (after, say, stealing it), that person is not able to use it. Only Gasson can.

And instead of him swiping an ID card to enter his building, he just needs to wave his hand to gain entrance. The convenience of not taking out his ID and the safety of his phone come with a price, however.

He served as carrier, and was able to pass the virus on to an external computer. The virus was of Gasson’s own design and was not malicious. But he was able to show that computer viruses can move seamlessly between computers within and outside the body. And theoretically, if a person had several computers in his or her body, a computer virus could spread from one to another, infecting them all. 

Why would people have computers in their bodies? Researchers around the world are developing tiny electronics that can be ingested or embedded in people for health or even security reasons. Consider the camera pill, which records data from the intestines, bionic eyes, bionic limbs, implantable telescopes to improve vision, and more.

The kind of computer chip that Gasson installed in his body is not in wide use, so no need to worry as of yet. In fact, you have more reason to worry about bed bugs than computer bugs. But in the future, computers will get under our skin, and people will have to take precautions to spread digital infections. 

lunarlucidity: me too..

lunarlucidity:

me too..

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“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”
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“And I’d study the science of you ‘til I turned it into an art. The way your atoms rub together. Molecules colliding. Chemistry building. Explosions of heat and radiation. Burning like a star at the end of the world.”
— I Wrote This for You (via troubled)

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