Tara Ariano April 10, 2014 Share April 10, 2014 Exploring the universe on the smallest scale, including exotic life forms invisible to the naked eye; the neural network in the brain; the most mysterious particle. Link to comment
DeeJayKay April 15, 2014 Share April 15, 2014 I think I want a pet tradigrade. it's all those legs. Except I probably have unknown hundreds of them. 4 Link to comment
Dagny April 15, 2014 Share April 15, 2014 Are those tradigrades everywhere? Funky looking guys. There are more atoms in your eye than all of the stars in the universe. There has to be a drinking joke in there somewhere. Link to comment
Joystickenvy April 16, 2014 Share April 16, 2014 The dew drop type stuff always sets me to wondering who's dewdrop we might be living in and do they know we're in it. 4 Link to comment
A Boston Gal April 16, 2014 Share April 16, 2014 (edited) Aieeeeee, Joystickenvy...that whole "we're a universe in a universe in a universe...." thing not only creeps me out, but it always gives me a headache to boot! ;) Edited April 16, 2014 by A Boston Gal 2 Link to comment
Rhetorica April 16, 2014 Share April 16, 2014 Atoms! Loved it! I still remember when one of my professors drew a globular cluster on the board (yes, a blackboard-I'm that old) It looked like an atom and that's when I truly saw how connected everything in the universe is to each other. Link to comment
samuel April 16, 2014 Share April 16, 2014 (edited) Blackboards aren't that outdated. I'm 24 and they were everywhere when I was in grade school. :P It's always fun to ponder the scale of the universe though. Stars and planets are fun to learn about, but there's way more cool stuff happening at the microscopic and sub-atomic level. Edited April 17, 2014 by samuel Link to comment
Intuition April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 (edited) As many shows as I've ever watched on this subject, it was news to me that there are more atoms in my eye than all the stars in the universe. Billions and billions....OK, was just having a flashback! When Neil went to the first day on the "Cosmic calendar" and stood at the edge of time like it was a boundary, I thought, "He's at the edge of his dew drop". Heck forget drinking, this stuff would probably be much better with some weed...Reminds me of the pot smoking scene in "Animal House". "That means that our whole solar system could be one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. That means one tiny atom in my fingernail could be one tiny universe". Edited April 17, 2014 by Intuition 1 Link to comment
millahnna April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 LOL. I bet that's how the line about not pushing it got put in there. Someone is so fired. Link to comment
JayInChicago September 1, 2014 Share September 1, 2014 This has renewed my interest in science to the point that I'm totally getting a child's microscope and looking for tardigrades and other pond stuff. 2 Link to comment
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