An Apple Pie From Scratch

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cwnl:

Antipodes Milky Way

“This is an antipodean look at the same stretch of the Milky Way. Antalya and Mangaia are not exactly antipodes, but it is close enough to make this comparing view.”

Credit: Tunc Tezel

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Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive

Stephen Fry presents this documentary exploring the disease of manic depression; a little understood but potentially devastating condition affecting an estimated two percent of the population.

Stephen embarks on an emotional journey to meet fellow sufferers, and discuss the literal highs and lows of being bi-polar.

Celebrities such as Carrie Fisher and Richard Dreyfuss invite the comedian into their home to relate their stories.

Plus Stephen looks into the lives of ordinary people trying to deal with the illness at work and home, and of course to the people studying manic depression in an effort to better control it. A fascinating, moving and ultimately very entertaining Emmy Award-winning programme.

Watch this. Everyone should. For me it strikes a personal chord (though I am fortunate to have a case incomparably milder than what most people in this film suffer) but healthy people especially should see it. Any attempt to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness is excellent, and besides - it’s a fascinating topic that shows how much our control over our own minds - even for people with no diagnosable mental issues - is illusory.

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Ann Druyan in this video is one of my favorite science-related things on the Internet. Serenity and insight, senstivity and fellowship, an oddly raspy throat and uncharacteristic difficulty putting words together.

Check out the look of dawning realization on Dawkins’ and Tyson’s faces when she starts going off about Renaissance toilet paper and they put two and two together. Oh Annie <3

skepttv:

David Attenborough On Eye Evolution

Creationists maintain that the eye is too complex to have evolved by natural selection, often calling on the “watchmaker” argument. Science can now with confidence demonstrate the opposite.

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I can’t believe I haven’t watched The Human Body before. One of the best documentaries out there, see it if you haven’t!

reblogged a bajillion times already, but this is seriously basic, yet sage fuckin’ advice

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studyofman:

From Vanitas - Dibujos. Fernando Vicente.

I don’t normally post art, but I find this picture incredibly captivating. “Nothing human is foreign to me”, indeed.