Curiosity Cabinet

Over the past 25 years I have accumulated a collection of various gizmos, devices, toys etc. which to me are excellent examples of scientific principles or things that you look at and you say "That's impossible!" except it's staring you in the face. In the hope that others may also find them interesting and with the help of two undergraduates, Jacy Lundberg and Omar Khan, we have created videos of many of the items in the collection. In many cases we have tried to include explanations of how they work or references to where one can find this information. Jacy and Omar are currently seniors in the Boston College pre-medical program. In the olden days some people assembled what were known as curiosity cabinets. Related: Interactives

Solar System Scope If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel Mercury Venus Earth You Are Here Moon Mars Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Callisto Saturn Titan Uranus Neptune Pluto(we still love you) That was about 10 million km (6,213,710 mi) just now. Pretty empty out here. Here comes our first planet... As it turns out, things are pretty far apart. We’ll be coming up on a new planet soon. Most of space is just space. Halfway home. Destination: Mars! It would take about seven months to travel this distance in a spaceship. Sit back and relax. When are we gonna be there? Seriously. This is where we might at least see some asteroids to wake us up. I spy, with my little eye... something black. If you were on a road trip, driving at 75mi/hr, it would have taken you over 500 years to get here from earth. All these distances are just averages, mind you. If you plan it right, you can actually move relatively quickly between planets. Pretty close to Jupiter now. Sorry. Lots of time to think out here... Pop the champagne! We're always trying to come up with metaphors for big numbers.

FlowingData | Data Visualization, Infographics, and Statistics The Planets Today : A live view of the solar system A Powerful 4 Minute Video That Will Change Your Life By Collective Evolution How often do we realize what is presented in the video below in our everyday lives? For some of us this will remain an idea that leaves our mental scope instantly after watching, and we will move on with our day. For others it might be a reminder of what we already knew and are choosing to play a part in changing. But, for some of us this will awaken something inside of us that will push us to begin making changes and expand our awareness outside of just us. This is a very important and exciting time on our planet as global awareness is expanding like never before and humanity is being thrusted into a consciousness evolution that is unprecedented. Note: This powerful video is made by Carlos Chavira, you can find his details on the YouTube page of this video. Like this article?

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