- It’s not too late for some of you. Participate in the The 11/Eleven Project. You have until midnight. GO! Now!
- In honor of 11/11/11 and Veterans Day, we give you Nancy Wake, a French Resistance fighter who once killed an SS sentry with her bare hands. And the rest of the featured 11 Women Warriors of World War 1. From the assembled lists of 11s at mental_floss.
- Mind-controlled robotic prosthetics! From a list of The Washington Post’s Top 11 Innovations so far this year.
- Sexiest dance moves for men identified. Someone- please test this out… for SCIENCE! {via Smashley}
- Bend Desk. What is this crazy voodoo?!
- Nine really cool rides that every gear-geek would love.
- Arthur recreates scenes from classic movies. {via Smashley}
Onward to the edge! … After the jump
The most recent and 12th offering from the Symphony of Science people.
A musical celebration of the importance and inspirational qualities of space exploration (human and robotic), as well as a look at some of the amazing worlds in our solar system. Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Carolyn Porco.
“Onward to the Edge”
Materials used in this video are from :
My Favorite Universe
BBC Wonders of the Solar System
Carolyn Porco TED talk
NatGeo “Guide to the Planets”
Lyrics:
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
The act of moving onward means we pass these sign posts
One of them was first leaving earth
The next one is hanging out on the moon
What’s next? The planets
Onward to the edge
We’re moving onward to the edge
Here we are together
This fragile little world.
[Brian Cox]
This is our sun
Just another star in a sea of stars
The heart of the solar system
Just another star in a sea of stars.
Mercury is the closest planet
This tortured piece of rock has been stripped naked.
[Tyson]
The moon has a sky
It has a horizon
It’s another world.
It’s got earth in the sky
Just the way we have the moon in the sky.
(refrain)
We’re not the only world to think about
Worlds unnumbered
We’re not the only world to think about
Think about worlds unnumbered.
[Carolyn Porco]
There is a powerful recognition
That stirs within us
When we see our own little blue ocean planet
In the skies of other worlds.
The Saturn system
Offers splendor beyond compare
Because of its rings
And very diverse moons.
[Tyson]
These are no longer abstractions
These are worlds
Maybe there’s life there
They’ve changed how we think about Earth.
[Cox]
“A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam
The pale blue dot” (Carl Sagan)
(refrain)
The laws of nature create
Vastly different worlds
With the tiniest of changes.
[Tyson]
When I reach to the edge of the universe
I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery
There are times when, at least for now,
One must be content to love the questions themselves.
Okay, so the sexy dance moves remind me of the Cab Calloway rotoscope from Betty Boop. Not sure I think of that as attractive, but not implausible (Cab was a pretty hot dancer).
The UNATTRACTIVE dance, though? Nailed it, but far too limited. There is a world of unsexy dance moves being performed at weddings and bar mitzvahs and bachelor parties across this planet even as I type, and no one is out recording them! Isn’t this why we all have phones with cameras now?
The amazing thing isn’t that men can dance in an unappealing manner. It’s the lack of self awareness that makes some of them think it’s acceptable in public.
Anyway, have a happy Saturday with Raumpatrouille Orion!
http://restlesssynapses.blogspot.com/2009/12/raumpatrouille-orion-future-dance-moves.html