Travis Is My Name

Lover of science and education

[shortvideosandstuff]

[mindputer]

This dog is awesome lol

[thedragoninmygarage]

[sagansense]

Recommended — ‘Children of Africa' (melodysheep)

[thestrangecompany-blog]

“Do you realize that the $850 billion dollar bank bailout - the sum of money - is greater than the entire 50 year running budget of NASA. So when someone says we don’t have enough money for this space probe, I’m asking, it’s not that you don’t have enough money, it’s that the distribution of the money that you’re spending is warped in some way, that you’re removing the only thing that gives people something to dream about tomorrow. So I worry that the decisions that Congress makes doesn’t factor in the consequences of those decisions on tomorrow. They’re playing for the quarterly report, they’re playing for the next election cycle, and that is mortgaging the actual future of this nation. Tomorrow’s gone.”  

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

No doubt these Space Cowboys, were they around today, would agree with Neil wholeheartedly. 

Carl Sagan

HG Wells

Galileo

Isaac Asimov

[godlessmen]

New from Mr. Diety: “Fuck the Pope”

[mindputer]

I am offended good sir! Why did you use such soft language against that asshole sucking, cunt rejecting, cum drenched, pink sock having mother fucker who literally fucks his mother!

[boredpanda]

The Most Majestic Libraries In The World

[mindputer]

Incredible!

[godlessmen]

Let’s just fix our goddamned currency

via reddit

[mindputer]

Perfect!

[jerfreyy-deactivated20240211]

Kim Jong Un Would Really Hate For You To Watch This, Which Is Exactly Why You Should

[mindputer]

Wow...

[sagansense]

[sagansense]

Matt Inman — creator of The Oatmeal — delivers one of the most spot on keynote deliveries on faith and religion.

When civilizations ahead of us look back on those who came before them, they’ll be stupefied at the longevity of such concepts as the denial of evidence and celebration of ignorance; and Matt Inman puts that into perspective in this brilliant animation about the messiah he embraces — Jibbers Crabst.

[mindputer]

So awesome Lol

[spring-of-mathematics]

"Sketching Fractals" by Music: Fractals are a treat for your eyes, but what about your ears?

Fractals are geometric constructs that exhibit similar or identical characteristics at every level of magnitude. They provide new tools for geometers to describe objects of extreme intricacy, such as clouds, ferns, snowflakes, mountain ranges, stock-market fluctuations, the human circulatory and nervous system, etc.. The geometry of Fractals brings us a new appreciation for the natural world and the beauty of mathematics. Some of the most popular examples are: The Sierpinski triangle  and the Von Koch snowflake.

Fractals are a treat for your eyes, but what about your ears?. Dmitry Kormann, a composer/keyboardist from São Paulo, Brazil, explains how he brings fractal-like patterns to the very structure of his music, to obtain beautiful results. See more at:  [http://plus.maths.org/issue55/features/Kormann]

Images: Snow winter at Datspiff on Tumblr & Snowflakes and snow crystals on Flickr & The Koch Snowflake (Formulas).

References:

[Fractal Dimensions of Geometric Objects on Fractalfoundation.org]

[https://dorchard.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/the-koch-snowflake]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal]

[mindputer]

Incredible!

[thedragoninmygarage]

[sagansense]

A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not “guesses” but reliable accounts of the real world.

[planned-planethood]

Comets have been in the news a lot lately but did you know their relationship to meteor showers?

When a comet gets close to the Sun and debris start getting blown off it, the comet grows two tails. The debris coming off the comet like to hang around in the wake of the comet’s path.

As Earth orbits around the Sun, sometimes it will orbit through a field of debris that got blown off the comet, this material burns up in the atmosphere: a meteor shower.

November 17th and the 18th (after midnight) there’s going to be a wonderful meteor shower. The Leonids. If you sit and watch the constellation of Leo in the sky, it will seem like the meteor shower is raining from the lion.

There will be roughly 15 meteors per hour and although that’s not a high density, they will be very bright.

[mindputer]

I will be watching and waiting eagerly!

[mindputer]

The Thinking Atheist talked about this quote and I just had to find it and post it, it is just too good.

[godlessmen]

Penn & Teller: Bullshit - Creationism episode

[mindputer]

Good stuff 😄

[godlessmen]

I don’t see how this can’t possibly fail

Source: reddit

[mindputer]

Wow, and you would think that after this doesn't work they would get a clue of sorts but idk call me crazy but something tells me they won't...

[mindputer]

Nature rocks, that is all 😃

[mindputer]

When I saw the original photo I knew I had to help this poor individual who accidentally put this photo out into the world without finishing it… Your welcome whoever you are!

[mindputer]