9gag:
Seen in Japan
Modes of Travel [Part 1]
Some took trains, others steamships. Still others found comfort lounging around the grounds of their luxury hotels. Whatever the case, in a world that was increasingly moving towards the speed of light, travelers were looking for an escape from the tired monotony of stationary life.
Ah, to relive these eras through adventure RPGs, that is what I desperately want to do. Even if I have to be GM.
Ugh, same
9gag:
Seen in Japan
Saul Bass: Film Title Sequences— It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Anatomy of a Murder, Something Wild, North by Northwest, Edge of the City, Psycho, The Man With the Golden Arm, Goodfellas, Cowboy, Spartacus, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Vertigo
“Probably no stars will physically hit each other. There’s just so much space between the stars, but when Andromeda collides with us it’ll have a huge impact on the Milky Way. Some things will get thrown into the black hole in the middle, some stars will get ripped off and thrown away into space, so it’ll be dramatic. And the entire night sky will change.” - The Universe S1E9 Alien Galaxies
Of course, that’s gonna take a few billion years, and by then we’ll probably be long gone.
npr:
Scientists Clone Human Embryos To Make Stem Cells : Shots
The achievement is a long-sought step toward harnessing the potential power of such cells to treat diseases. But the discovery raises ethical concerns because it brings researchers closer to cloning humans, and involves creating and then destroying human embryos for research purposes.
Graphic Source: Mitalipov Lab/OHSUGraphic
Credit: Adapted for NPR by Alyson Hurt
A large-scale analysis of BItTorrent file-sharing of videogames has shown that the number of illicit digital copies is not as high as reported by industry trade organisations
— John Oliver (via azspot)
I was on conference calls all day today, which I sometimes find is a very good time to mess around in illustrator.