Beijing air pollution:
China’s air pollution has been bad lately. Really, really bad. We’ve posted photos of it before, but the above shot really drives home how severe this has gotten.
Month: February 2013
Is there a pope?
Here is a useful single serving website, featuring the answer to the question Catholics everywhere are asking.
How big is the moon?
U.S. overlaid on the Moon for a sense of scale:
How big is the Moon, really? Reddit user boredboarder8 provided some perspective with this image of the Moon with an overlaid United States. It’s roughly estimated (and others would be better at commenting on the accuracy better than me), but after some back-of-napkin math it seems about right. The area of the United States, not including Alaska, is a little over 20 percent of the Moon’s surface area. [via io9]
Language communities of Twitter (European detail) (by Eric Fischer)
You had one job
This is a perfect single serving site. I laughed much harder than I should have but enjoyed every second I spent there.
Mistakes will be made in the march towards the future. But the worst possible mistake is neglecting to do the work required to get there because you think we’ve already arrived.
John Siracusa – Hypercritical: Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
A flash of lighting is seen over St. Peter’s Basilica during a rainstorm at Vatican.
(via The Best Pictures of the Week: February 8 – February 15 – LightBox)
50 Years Ago: The World in 1963
50 Years Ago: The World in 1963
History.
