BBC News - Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the “habitable zone” around a star not unlike our own.
The supernova grew to inexplicable size in a short period of time, starting nearly 2,000 years ago.
A mystery surrounding the first recorded supernova - seen by Chinese astronomers in AD185 - has been solved.
(via BBC News)
Another ramble about nothing particularly important
What is it that makes a person’s character unique? Are we molded by our experiences, that in turn makes us think the way we do, and if so, could we choose to ‘be’ someone else entirely? Are we still the same person if we loose all our memories? Or is our being written into our cellular structure, as if it were ‘set in stone’? I believe in change. Memories to me are merely that, fragments of my mind that from a certain moment in time my senses have recorded and stored like databanks in a computer server hub. It’s like I’m questioning my very destiny. Every experience has lead me to think a particular thought which has placed me here. I can’t help but feel I have no choice, that everything I do is predetermined according to past events. Even logic, as prevailing as it is to overcome emotion and better make judgements, seems to be at a loss when it comes to ‘choosing’ my own destiny. The idea of introducing chance was something I thought would break the cycle, but the thought of leaving decisions up to the flip of a coin seems illogical because even though it is unbiased, I would still not be in complete control of my own decision making. Perhaps in that case, control is merely an illusion, as is free will. This is most conflicting, and I don’t think I will ever make up my mind. Maybe I should trouble my mind with this another day and finish drinking my tea.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two-opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (via inthenoosphere)
This is Emotional Magnificence: Anthropomorphism. A word I will never forget to spell.
Philosophy of Cognitive Ethology
The evolution of animals has been intertwined with the evolution of man since the beginning of civilization. At first animals were sought out as a source of food, and then later as a source of companionship. This relationship has shaped the way that man…
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