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Oct 3

A Computer Simulation of the Universe's Complete 14-Billion-Year Evolution

Seems like every day we’re making new discoveries. Love waking up every morning in the future.

Oct 3
The only thing that’s ever made me want a kid. (via AT-AT Imperial Stroller [Pic])

The only thing that’s ever made me want a kid. (via AT-AT Imperial Stroller [Pic])

Oct 3
Amazing pics! (via New telescope views cosmic events with unprecedented detail)

Amazing pics! (via New telescope views cosmic events with unprecedented detail)

Oct 2
Very cool photos. Worth checking out: Beautiful Star Wars Toy Photography [Gallery]

Very cool photos. Worth checking out: Beautiful Star Wars Toy Photography [Gallery]

Oct 2

Tesla’s Model S Betas revealed

Oct 2
(via Pac-Man ghost dresses – Boing Boing)

(via Pac-Man ghost dresses – Boing Boing)

(via MIT’s “artificial leaf” turns sunlight into storable fuel)

(via The Best Wonder Woman Cosplay on Earth)

(via The Best Wonder Woman Cosplay on Earth)

 (via Full-Size Lego Gears of Wars Assault Rifle Fires Stinging Rubberbands)

(via Full-Size Lego Gears of Wars Assault Rifle Fires Stinging Rubberbands)

(via Red Shirt insignia depicts the fate of all redshirts – Boing Boing)

(via Red Shirt insignia depicts the fate of all redshirts – Boing Boing)

Neuroscience vs philosophy: Taking aim at free will : Nature News

I think there is a much simpler answer. We do have free will, we just decide what to do at a much more complex level than scientists understand. For me to come to the decision of going left or right takes all my years of experience, intuition and information available at the time. In order to process that amount of information and make decisions quickly some of it *has* to be going on behind the scenes in the unconscious part of the brain. 

I think this is more about how we think and come to decisions and it doesn’t negate free will. 

Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 3 Game Selects Gravatars For Use In Profiles

I’ve been leaning towards using Gravatars for all my projects in the future that involve any kind of membership.

A photographer is only as good as the equipment he uses, and a good lens is essential to taking good pictures! Do any of our facebook fans use any of the NIKKOR lenses? Which is your favorite and what types of situations do you use it for?

- Nikon Trolls Photographers Saying You’re “Only As Good As Your Equipment”

A paper has been accepted for publication in a science journal (PDF) where the author has analyzed data from NASA’s Kepler planet-finding observatory, trying to figure out how many Earth-sized planets there might be in the galaxy orbiting their stars in their habitable zones; that is, at the right distance so that the star warms the planet enough to have liquid water. In the paper, he estimates that on average 34% ( /-14%) of Sun-like stars have terrestrial planets in that Goldilocks zone.

34%!

- New study: 1/3 of Sun-like stars might have terrestrial planets in their habitable zones

20 Ways to Master Google

If you’re looking for easy ways to improve your knowledge and experience with this hot new social network, keep reading.