Definitely worth my time ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-harris/a-new-years-resolution-fo_b_802480.html

It's embarassing, but I really enjoyed this ...

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/287002-1

Would not mind pursuing this kind of life ...

Being grateful for being enabled to see the grandeur and connectedness of the universe

Do you want to see a brave man? Watch this!

Beautiful animation of a point well made

A message of hope - based on facts

How Sputnik eventually helped you finding the closest place for a soy latte

Read the book in the meanwhile. Very much enjoyable. Johnson has a gift of clarity that makes even presumably dry and complicated topics easily accessible (and enjoyable!).

The kind of travelling I think we should have more of

Monkey not see, monkey still do - about the long evolutionary trace of our irrationality

Let's hope so

Did you think soap actors are airheads and shallow? Me too, but his guy changed everything.

Just think of having him a your philosophy teacher. Enjoy the ride.

Can you be good without a religion? Of course you can.

Thanks goodness we have sience - just think about all the wonder our ancestors missed out on

Worldwide air traffic - did not expect the European air traffic to dwarf that of the US

How laptops change the world

I am not crazy about football, but this history of football is intriguing

What time are you living in?

Making suburbia urban - to the advantage of everyone

Lisztomania reaches Europe

The Lisztomania mashup goes Canada

Viral joy - The Listzomania mashup

A zen moment in clipping

Yes, rain forest can be regrown

Why science?

Make sure your learn your physics before becoming president

We are getting nicer every day

Article on the same subject: http://www.tnr.com/article/history-violence-were-getting-nicer-every-day

Soon to be added to our family of interstellar eyes: ALMA

Be a snob - for pay ;-)

 

Saving the world will be simple, because it has to

All those molecules we share

Google Mars next

Tired of knidding? Try DNA folding!

Happy b-day, Hubble!

Look at the sky - in ultraviolet

Direct photography of an extrasolar planet: amazing

Sending an airplane to Mars - cool

I am always amazed at how many stupendously gifted people are out there

A variation on one of my favourites:

There is mathematics in nature, and nature is simply awe-inspiringly beautiful

So is mathematics beautiful?


Nature by Numbers from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo.

The wonder of being alive, after all

Pics of the week - no, no chicks, other parts of nature

The music is annoying, but the pics are worthwhile watching.

Yes, I will wear sun screen

Still love this.

Ouch! But, admittedly his jokes are sound

Living with your handicap

Colliding galaxies

Wow, where can I find more gals like her????

Where are you in my brain?

Perfect music for typing

Hat tip to boundlesseyes.

Well, acutally, the guys were better

Jesus and Dino

Delightful

Darth Vader Canteen Incident

Highlights of Alan Watts's lectures - with great animation!

Kary Mullis celebrates the experiment

Kary Mullis' next-gen cure for killer infections

Paul Ewald asks, Can we domesticate germs?

Tiësto feat. Tegan & Sara - Feel It In My Bones

Weirdness on the small and the large scale and how they might be connected

Evolutionary causes for human diseases

Would you share your genome on Facebook? - Present state and future of personal genomic testing

How coffee made the enlightenment possible (and other interesting background facts)

A short history of right-wing (evangelical) movements in the US

Colloquial chat about string theory

Feeling the hate in Jerusalem

Feeling the Love in Jerusalem from Joseph Dana on Vimeo.

Map of the earth - at night

http://www.nightearth.com/

Beauty in philosophy

Cities at night - as seen from space