July 13, 2011

July 12, 2011

July 11, 2011

The most distant known object in the observable universe



A deep optical image of the afterglow of the gamma-ray burst GRB 090429B...The light from this object has been traveling towards us for about 13.2 billion years, or 96% of the age of the universe...since the universe is not static but expanding, today this object is about thirty billion light-years away

provided by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

July 10, 2011

July 05, 2011

THE TRAP

The Trap: What Happened To Our Dream of Freedom
(2007) by producer, Adam Curtis.
The series consists of three one-hour programs which explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically, "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom.

Part 1 of 3: F*CK You Buddy

Part 2 of 3: The Lonely Robot

Part 3 of 3: We Will Force You To Be Free