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wehadfacesthen: Nils Asther and Greta Garbo, 1930s Howard...

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:39:24 -0700

wehadfacesthen:

Nils Asther and Greta Garbo, 1930s

Howard Stark and Peggy Carter, 1930s

breakthrough-by-design: GPOY. Amahzing

Sun, 27 May 2012 12:06:14 -0700

breakthrough-by-design:

GPOY.

Amahzing

fuzzyhorns: buckangel: Amazing beautiful photos of trans women...

Sun, 27 May 2012 12:04:23 -0700

fuzzyhorns:

buckangel:

Amazing beautiful photos of trans women from Paris 1960s. Check out the whole article here..more photos

grrr i dont like reblogging from buck (he’s a disrespectful asshole towards other transmen and their choices) but these photos deserve a wider audience

Tres belle

iwantonedirectionnaked: favourite thing ever. Niall’s...

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:59:47 -0700

iwantonedirectionnaked:

favourite thing ever.

Niall’s face!

Photo

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:50:02 -0700

Wait, they found what on a comet!? On January the 2nd 2004, a...

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:42:50 -0700

Wait, they found what on a comet!?

On January the 2nd 2004, a NASA probe named Stardust, 240,000,000 miles from Earth, made a fly by of the Comet Wild 2, dipping into its geyser-like jets of ice particles and collecting a sample. The subsequent analysis of the samples startled and thrilled Astrobiologists, altered our model of planetary formation and evolution, and sobered and arrested the rest of the thinking world.

Although the mission went off without a hitch, this was no easy feat. Stardust first had to first align itself with the comet, which was seen to be flying through space at 60,000 mph, and, then, it had to make a dive through through the clouds of dust, nearing the icy center. Having completed this, it then had to endure the heavy bombardment of icy material inflicted on it by geysers shooting up at supersonic velocities (almost 14,000 miles per hour, roughly 6x the speed of a speeding bullet). Surviving this intact, it flew through the clouds of material and ‘scooped’ up samples with its “flypaper-like” aerogel collection grid, returning home on January 15th, 2006. With this being the first time a comet’s interior had been sampled in its natural habitat, scientists the world over waited in anticipation as to what the samples contained. After three years of analysis the team studying the samples made an disturbing but remarkable discovery, in the dust from the comet, traces of an amino acid called glycine were found.

This may seem rather mundane until the realisation that this molecule is an integral part of living things and that comets are fairly common in our Solar System and throughout galaxies. Glycine is one of the most common amino acids, and amino acids are, of course, the building blocks of proteins and are, obviously, essential for life. This discovery supports and furthers the idea that some of life’s ingredients were delivered to Earth by meteorite and comet impacts long ago and implies that the fundamental building blocks of life could be prevalent in the universe (the odds of us finding this amino acid on our first sample of a comet in space being astronomical, excuse the pun). and strengthens the argument that life in the universe may be more common than rare. But where could these vital comets have come from, and how could they be delivered to Earth?

The proposed idea is that comets orbiting in the Kuiper belt in a chaotic fashion were dejected after a collision around 3.9 billion years ago in the early stages of the solar system by a planet like Uranus or Neptune. After gaining momentum and “our” desired trajectory, they were sent hurtling towards the proto-Earth to deliver the building blocks for life, the period known as the Late Heavy Bombardment. During this period it is thought that every square inch of Earth was impacted by a mixture meteroites and comets.

Comets: not only are they a beautiful phenomena, leaving hundreds and thousands of miles long streams of material in a tail like fashion (due to the strains brought on by solar winds that can be viewed with a telescope and an acute knowledge of their whereabouts), but they also may be the facilitators of life. Earth, other planets and moons in our Solar System and beyond could have the rudimentary building blocks for life, thanks to these wonderful astral objects.

(Comets, we love you! Just don’t hit Earth, please!)

— Alex Frost.

Source material:

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news116.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6050718/Building-block-of-life-found-in-comet-trail.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/18/dust-collected-from-comet-contains-a-key-ingredient-of-life/

And episode 3 season 39 of Nova: Life beyond Earth.

— with Allysa Fricke, Lyndsey Fricke,Skye Fricke, Sabrina Ancira, Brandy Rohrick andDavid Mukasa.

poisonparadise: True Blood | 3x08 Yeah this moment was pretty...

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:36:47 -0700

poisonparadise:

True Blood | 3x08

Yeah this moment was pretty fucking everything I ever wanted ever for Eric Northman (I mean, if I couldn’t see him and Godric doing it)

the-valley-of-teen-idles: shipswanqueensohard: fuckmestupid: p...

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:34:59 -0700

the-valley-of-teen-idles:

shipswanqueensohard:

fuckmestupid:

perfect c’:

not OUAT, but I had to reblog <3

always reblog <3

ALWAYS

72stars: thinking about it, possibly should’ve made Tony Venus...

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:33:13 -0700

72stars:

thinking about it, possibly should’ve made Tony Venus & Clint Mars but eh. I regret everything/nothing?

THIS IS SO GREAT

entropicflux: stackedcrooked: littlemousling: Wow, you suck....

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:13:50 -0700

entropicflux:

stackedcrooked:

littlemousling:

Wow, you suck. A straight proposal in the middle of a NoH8 lineup in VIRGINIA, where marriage may not be universal for decades unless there’s federal action? Yeah, I’m super sure all of the queers in line wanted photos with you. So they could go home and tell their friends the story of your unbelievable privileged dickery.

You know, aside from everything else horrible about this, what’s really getting me is the bullshit, “OMG ALL THE GAYS LOVED US! THEY TALKED ABOUT MY MAKEUP! LOL YOU GO GIRL!!!” Jesus actual Christ, talk about your straight privilege. This is horrifying.

What a fucking asshole.

…someone’s being an asshole, that’s for sure

:/

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:13:17 -0700

“To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen...

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:10:55 -0700

“To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.”

blogsaretough: What if men were photographed the way women...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:58:45 -0700

blogsaretough:

What if men were photographed the way women typically are?

it would be super hot, that’s what

entropicflux: pickpocket: waxjism: additional guideline: 4 am...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:58:07 -0700

entropicflux:

pickpocket:

waxjism:

additional guideline:

4 am is the most opportune time to exercise

Meowing loudly is never annoying!

Try to steal all the human food, even the stuff you don’t wanna eat!

If you poop outside the litter box, drag it around the floor for awhile!

Um, is that Bonnie Wright in the middle bottom row? ogles

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:53:30 -0700

Um, is that Bonnie Wright in the middle bottom row? *ogles*

waxjism: additional guideline: 4 am is the most opportune time...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:49:59 -0700

waxjism:

additional guideline:

4 am is the most opportune time to exercise

Meowing loudly is never annoying!

I wish we said “fancy” in America. As in, “I fancy you.” It’s such a more agreeable term than “I...

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:46:23 -0700

I wish we said “fancy” in America. As in, “I fancy you.” It’s such a more agreeable term than “I have a crush on you.” What’s a crush? Like, I AM A BOA CONSTRICTOR AND I AM GOING TO IMMOBILIZE YOU WITH MY MISPLACED AND OBSESSIVE AFFECTION. “I fancy you” is like, you’re so shiny and glittery and I just want to put you on a shelf and look at you for a while ‘cause you’re fancy.

I’m gonna start saying fancy!

DIANE KRUGER, SERIOUSLY WITH YOURSELF.

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:38:35 -0700

DIANE KRUGER, SERIOUSLY WITH YOURSELF.

gqgqqt: windycity: chicagobusiness: “Woman was on the phone...

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:36:19 -0700

gqgqqt:

windycity:

chicagobusiness:

“Woman was on the phone being interviewed for a job and this guy took her phone to put in a good word.” via @dan4lopez

#gooddeeds

Probably won’t get a better reference than this.

RAHM’D

AMAHZING

lillian-raven: #bring me some of this fine Pop-Tarts Thor...

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:19:40 -0700

lillian-raven:

#bring me some of this fine Pop-Tarts Thor said #bring me lots of ALCOHOL Tony said. #Bring me some corn flakes Bruce said #bring me something to eat Steve said #bring me some tampax Natasha said #IT’LL BE QUICK THEY SAID. #Fuck you. #You’re all getting some hot dog buns. #That is all.