fuckyeahcomputerscience:

the Alan Turing statue in Manchester decorated for his 100th birthday

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THE 'MYTHIC SCI-FI' WORLD OF DESTINY [2/?]

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How far away is “redshift six”? Although humans are inherently familiar with distance and time, what is actually measured for astronomical objects is redshift, a color displacement that depends on exactly how energy density has evolved in our universe. Now since cosmological measurements in recent years have led to a concordance on what energy forms pervade our universe, it is now possible to make a simple table relating observed cosmological redshift, labeled “z”, with standard concepts of distance and time, including the extrapolated time since the universe began. One such table is listed above, where redshift z is listed in the first and last columns, while the corresponding universe age in billions of years is listed in the central column. To find the meaning of the rest of the columns, please read the accompanying technical paper. Although stars in our galaxy are effectively at cosmological redshift zero, the most distant supernovae seen occur out past redshift one, which the above chart shows occurred when the universe was approximately half its present age. By contrast, the most distant gamma-ray bursts yet observed occur out past redshift six, occurring when the universe was younger than one billion years old, less than 10 percent of its present age.

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huggs-boson:

i just really love mechanisms

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thisistheverge:

First ever website brought back to life at its original URL

The World Wide Web entered the public domain exactly 20 years ago

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The Unbelievable Photos Taken by the Crazy Russians Who Illegally Climbed Egypt’s Great Pyramid

 Max Read

Last week in Egypt, a group of Russian photographers apparently climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza—hiding from guards for four hours after closing time before beginning the ascent. Climbing the pyramid, one of the photographers claims, carries a punishment of one to three years. But it was worth it. “I was speechless,” one wrote. “I felt a chilling delight, absolute happiness.”

there will never be a better headline than this

oh man. seriously just look at this picture. These ancient beautiful structures that have been here for 4,000 years and just on the horizon this bustling city that was also originally formed over 4,000 years ago and has just grown and oh my god history man

Reblogging because of that one Lovecraft short story

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Valerie Hegarty - Sinking Ship (2012)