Doodling in Math Class: Stars Oh Vi, you are wonderful. The... — from (author unknown) (It's Okay To Be Smart) —
Doodling in Math Class: Stars

Oh Vi, you are wonderful.

The mesmerizing, energetic math behind drawing stars in the margins (or all over) your notebooks. It gets wonderfully complicated, and fast.

Someone get me some notebook paper. We have some stars to draw.

Also, does she ever take a breath?!

(by Vihart)

from gridwriter - Articles Only http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=7523f5492a14e71ad24037b9dbe03f0e

Just How Small is an Atom? A fantastic new video from the TEDEd... — from (author unknown) (It's Okay To Be Smart) —
Just How Small is an Atom?

A fantastic new video from the TEDEd project. By the way, a grapefruit is the same as an Earth filled with blueberries.

It does a fantastic job detailing the misconceptions that abound in basic science books. Atoms are hard to get your mind around, even though your mind is made of them.

Previously: I answer the question: “If atoms are mostly empty space, why don’t we fall through the floor?”

(by TEDEducation)

Adam Savage: Permission to Make, May 24, 2012 at 07:30PM, from MAKE http://blog.makezine.com

from It's Okay To Be Smart http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/

from It's Okay To Be Smart http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/

A fun fact tucked away in the newly gathered source code for... — from (author unknown) (It's Okay To Be Smart) —
A fun fact tucked away in the newly gathered source code for Apollo and Gemini programs: The Apollo guidance computer used a type of memory called core rope memory to store programs. That is a solid-state ROM made of actual rope, with ferrite rings serving as the bits.

(ᔥ kottke, image above of Apollo core rope memory unit via Wikipedia)

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Space Exploration is Good for Our... — from (author unknown) (It's Okay To Be Smart) —
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Space Exploration is Good for Our Culture

We had fins on our cars, and fins on our rockets.

Neil deGrasse Tyson gave the keynote at the 28th National Space Symposium. It’s nearly an hour of inspiration, a reminder of how exploring science is not just about knowledge, but also imagining tomorrow. It wasn’t until we looked at our planet from the Moon that we truly discovered it, without borders, blue and beautiful.

From the 1950’s to today … it’s been quite a scientific ride in space and on Earth. We must call from the mountaintops that funding NASA, and science in general, is the seed that grows into technology and culture.

Science is inspiration. Here’s your evening entertainment, courtesy of Dr. Tyson and his dream. The good stuff starts around 14:00 in.

(↬ Open Culture)

Red Light Go, Green Light Stop, from AO3 works tagged 'I Want To Go Home! - Gordon Korman' http://archiveofourown.org

For The Love of Mike, from AO3 works tagged 'I Want To Go Home! - Gordon Korman' http://archiveofourown.org

Mating Habits of the North American Beaver, from AO3 works tagged 'I Want To Go Home! - Gordon Korman' http://archiveofourown.org

Rules for the Apocalypse, from AO3 works tagged 'I Want To Go Home! - Gordon Korman' http://archiveofourown.org