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Fabergé Fractals by Tom Beddard
Universe May be ‘Designed’ to Make Black Holes
The math underpinning Darwin’s theory of natural selection could explain how the universe may be “designed” to make black holes.
New Oxford Univ. research builds on the “cosmological natural selection hypothesis” – an idea first put forward in the 1990s to explain the apparent “fine-tuning” of the universe’s basic parameters to allow for the existence of atoms, galaxies and life itself.
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/05/universe-may-be-designed-make-black-holes
Los Angeles Times Drops ‘Illegal Immigrant’ and ‘Undocumented Immigrant’ Labels
The Los Angeles Times will no longer use the term “illegal immigrant.”
By EMILY DERUY
The Los Angeles Times will no longer use the terms “illegal immigrant” or “undocumented immigrant,” the paper announced Wednesday. While the Times has generally avoided such terms for some time, the new guidelines make the policy official.
It’s true! Readers’ Rep Deidre Edgar has the full details on why we ultimately made the decision.
Poachers Have Killed All Rhinos in Mozambique Park
Poachers are now turning to elephants.:(
theimportanceofbeingmodernist:
Too Cool For School: London Zoo Penguin Pool by Berthold Lubetkin-
Happy world penguin day everybody! In celebration, today’s post features three of my favourite things: Modernism, monochrome and penguins!Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin, who emigrated to England in the 1930s, was probably most famous for Highpoint, a block of flats in North London. He was a pioneer of the modern movement in Britain and worked on many projects. He designed the penguin pool at London zoo in 1934 which housed the penguins until recently. The pool is still at London Zoo today and is now grade 1 listed but unfortunately the penguins have been moved to another enclosure.
Wildlife photographer Patrick Castleberry spent 15 minutes watching this South American alligator try to prise open a turtle’s shell at the Okefenokee Swanp in Georgia. “I was taking shots of a great heron and saw out the corner of my eye what looked like a ball bouncing beside the water,” explains Patrick. “I quickly realised what it was and thought the alligator was going to win in the end at cracking the shell. When he finally gave up I walked over to the turtle expecting it to be dead and was amazed to find it quite alive and on its back. I flipped it over and it scrambled into the water.”
Picture: Patrick Castleberry/Caters News Agency (via Pictures of the day - Telegraph)
El Gran Hotel de la Ciudad de México, de los últimos estilo Art Nouveau
Lately it’s all about islamic architecture and art nouveau. I almost want to call this a hybrid… I mean, a little moorish influence maybe? I might be stretching this.
El Castillo de Edward James. San Luis Potosí, México. 2012.
Tengo tantas ganas de verlo
Okay spring, I see you #brownuniversity #springweekend #blossom
Tacography (by strangemap)
I love this. It’s a map of the many varieties of taco found in different parts of Mexico. Being a native of Northeastern Mexico myself, I looked around for my favorite variety, the mighty sincronisada–in my opinion, the greatest invention ever by human kind next to the internet and the Hubble Space Telescope.
I couldn’t find it, but that just means there’s too many varieties to fit in this map. I would love to be able to try all of them. Maybe one day on a taco-tour of Mexico.
“If everyone in the room believes the same thing, I get worried.”
THIS.
And if everyone in the room likes the same music, I get bored just listening to them talk about it.
Trachyandra tortilis is a small bulbous plant from South Africa’s “Namaqualand” region. Usually seen growing in deep sany soils, sometimes in heavier, silt-like soils, where the plants tend to be dwarfed growing only to a maximum of 15cm in height.
