Starly Torres

This is how i procrastinate

[breathtakingdestinations]

Matsumoto Castle - Japan (by かがみ～) 

[i-wildest-dreams]

[sizvideos]

Robot Samurai - From Siz app (iOS / Android)

Video

[kny111]

Event Horizon

A Black Hole’s ‘Point of No Return’

The most distinguishing feature of the supermassive black hole: its event horizon. The point of no return for in-falling matter, it is about 15 million kilometres across, or one-tenth of the distance between Earth and the sun - minuscule in astronomical terms.

In general relativity, an event horizon is a boundary in spacetime, most often an area surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer. Light emitted from beyond the horizon can never reach the observer, and any object that approaches the horizon from the observer’s side appears to slow down and never quite pass through the horizon, with its image becoming more and more redshifted as time elapses. The traveling object, however, experiences no strange effects and does, in fact, pass through the horizon in a finite amount of proper time.

More on Event Horizons

[kny111]

Northern Lights Over Southern Horizon

“The aurora oval was enlarged so I could only see the red edge over the southern horizon. It was the best red color I have ever seen in an aurora display.” -  Kwon O Chul

[nevver]

Evolution

[starlytorres]

Enfiebrado con #RealDrum al primer intento! @mostrosb @ronnieramos85 @ochoarob1 @chrisirradiant @jeansawiska @angeloroviello #gojira #flyingwhales #groove #metal #deathmetal #fingerdrums

[starlytorres]

Agarrandole el truco al #RealDrum @mostrosb @ronnieramos85 @ochoarob1 @chrisirradiant @jeansawiska @angeloroviello #gojira #flyingwhales #groove #metal #doublebass #fingerdrums

[discoverynews]

[quotemadness]

Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.

Bill Bullard (via quotemadness)

[singularitarian]

Australian researchers have come up with a non-invasive ultrasound technology that clears the brain of neurotoxic amyloid plaques - structures that are responsible for memory loss and a decline in cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients.

[hyping]

Don’t underestimate the power of your attitude! #fitness #fitblr #fitspo #FitFluential #nasm #scottsdale #scottsdalefitness #scottsdalepersonaltrainer #personaltrainer #Personaltrainers #personaltraining #madsweat

[educational-gifs]

The archer fish preys on land based insects by shooting them down with a jet of water that it spits.

If you think that’s cool, check out how the goblin shark catches its prey.

[currentsinbiology]

That bug clearly did not have a chance!

[starlytorres]

Recorded in Caracas, Venezuela. Music by Irradiant. Follow Irradiant on the web: Official Website: www.irradiantband.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/IrradiantBand Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrradiantBand For further contact please write to [email protected].

[chaoticum]

I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!

FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)

Alison 

Coursera

FutureLearn

open2study

Khan Academy

edX

P2P U

Academic Earth

iversity

Stanford Online

MIT Open Courseware

Open Yale Courses

BBC Learning

OpenLearn

Carnegie Mellon University OLI

University of Reddit

Saylor

IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)

TED

FORA

Big Think 

99u

BBC Future

Seriously Amazing

How Stuff Works

Discovery News

National Geographic

Science News

Popular Science

IFLScience

YouTube Edu

DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)

wikiHow

Wonder How To

instructables

eHow

Howcast

MAKE

Do it yourself

FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS

OpenStax CNX

Open Textbooks

Bookboon

Textbook Revolution

E-books Directory

FullBooks

Books Should Be Free

Classic Reader

Read Print

Project Gutenberg

AudioBooks For Free

LibriVox

Poem Hunter

Bartleby

MIT Classics

Many Books

Open Textbooks BCcampus

Open Textbook Library

WikiBooks

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Directory of Open Access Journals

Scitable

PLOS

Wiley Open Access

Springer Open

Oxford Open

Elsevier Open Access

ArXiv

Open Access Library

LEARN:

1. LANGUAGES

Duolingo

BBC Languages

Learn A Language

101languages

Memrise

Livemocha

Foreign Services Institute

My Languages

Surface Languages

Lingualia

OmniGlot

OpenCulture’s Language links

2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING

Codecademy

Programmr

GA Dash

CodeHS

w3schools

Code Avengers

Codelearn

The Code Player

Code School

Code.org

Programming Motherf*?$%#

Bento

Bucky’s room

WiBit

Learn Code the Hard Way

Mozilla Developer Network

Microsoft Virtual Academy

3. YOGA & MEDITATION

Learning Yoga

Learn Meditation

Yome

Free Meditation

Online Meditation

Do Yoga With Me

Yoga Learning Center

4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING

Exposure Guide

The Bastards Book of Photography

Cambridge in Color

Best Photo Lessons

Photography Course

Production Now

nyvs

Learn About Film

Film School Online

5. DRAWING & PAINTING

Enliighten

Ctrl+Paint

ArtGraphica

Google Cultural Institute

Drawspace

DragoArt

WetCanvas

6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY

Music Theory

Teoria

Music Theory Videos

Furmanczyk Academy of Music

Dave Conservatoire

Petrucci Music Library

Justin Guitar

Guitar Lessons

Piano Lessons

Zebra Keys

Play Bass Now

7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS

Investopedia

The Chess Website

Chesscademy

Chess.com

Spreeder

ReadSpeeder

First Aid for Free

First Aid Web

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Please feel free to add more learning focused websites. 

*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ more useful.

[appliedtechnotopia-consulting]

A very interesting collection of links to add to your toolkit

[themedicalstate]

How Technology Affects Sleep

If you’re addicted to watching television before bed, or frequently get rudely awoken by your mobile in the middle of the night, read on to discover how these factors can influence your sleep, and what you can do to achieve a better night’s sleep.

Source

[starlytorres]

Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music