TIL of an island called 'Inaccessible Island' named for the difficulty in landing on the island and penetrating its interior because of the rough terrain, located in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Sveppur Latarvél! Fungus finder. This set was forged as a gift for the Fungi Perfecti holiday party. Artist's conch, spalted maple and runes with the name complete the theme.
Opinions? I direct deposit this fixed amount to an account that autopays all my repeating expenses. The remaining amount gets direct deposited into my Checking 2 account where I live off of. Anyone else have an account solely dedicated for bills and auto payments? one account is hard to track.
Journaling Inspires Altruism Through an Attitude of Gratitude - 'Gratitude does more than help maintain good health. New research at the University of Oregon finds that regularly noting feelings of gratitude in a journal leads to increased altruism.
1 hour lecture by the world's leading Professor on Procrastination(2012): He claims if you know how it works, you won't do it ever. So I decide to post it on the one site meant for procrastination
When Your Spinal Cord Takes Charge - 'We think of our brain as masterminding all of our actions, but a surprising amount of information related to movement gets processed by our spinal cord.
TIL of Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a rare genetic disease that gradually turns your entire body into bone. Surgical removal of the bone only causes more bone to grow in its place.
SoundJS - a Javascript library for working with Audio. It provides a consistent API for loading and playing audio on different browsers and devices. Currently supports WebAudio, HTML5 Audio, Cordova / PhoneGap, and a Flash fallback
The idea of relative truth is self-defeating because the very concept of true vs. false requires the recognition of epistemic authority. Our objective understanding is not subordinate to so-called conceptual schemes. Rather, it transcends subjective expressions of individual belief or cultural norms
3200 years ago empires and societies throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean completely collapsed, all complex politico-economic structures were abolished, and cities & towns were abandoned. A newly published hieroglyphic decipher tells of an invasion of a great mysterious army- The Sea Peoples.
TIL that some scientists theorize that the origin of life is just the inevitable outcome of thermodynamics as a middle-step to increase overall entropy in the universe.