Two steps forward, one wobbly step sideways.Tumblr (3.0; @notsilentknight)http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysqbjTDOB1qzfsnio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/16993385854/googly-eye-skull">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2008/04/310-googly-eye-skull.html">Googly Eye Skull</a></p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/33988262477http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/33988262477Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:55:43 -0400skullskeleton<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94skgxuWX1qedb29o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94skgxuWX1qedb29o2_r2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30130077219http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30130077219Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:55:35 -0400cockroach<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m95o92TVQm1r6svhdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dyslexic-kids.tumblr.com/post/29961486512/einstein-gifted-dyslexic-labeled-as-dull-and">dyslexic-kids</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Einstein: gifted, dyslexic, labeled as “dull,” and was asked to drop out of school.</p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30126177142http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30126177142Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:52:31 -0400einsteinschoolteachermath<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m96mswjbIz1qbh26io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/30000085362/random-fact-of-the-day">jtotheizzoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Random Fact of the Day:</strong></p> <p><strong>. - - -</strong></p> <p><strong>. - - .</strong></p> <p><strong>. - . .</strong></p> <p>The wheels of the Curiosity rover spell out JPL in Morse code. Everywhere it goes, we’ll be leaving clues for telegraph-using extraterrestrials</p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30062429552http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30062429552Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:52:26 -0400marscuriositymorse code<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92m07Xw0U1qbh26io1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/29846988886/aphid-harvest-sunlight-for-energy">jtotheizzoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=first-evidence-found-insect-photosynthesis">First Evidence Found for Photosynthesis in Insects</a></strong></p> <p><strong>OR</strong></p> <p><strong>Livin’ on ur plants, harvestin ur sunshine</strong></p> <p>The ability to gather sunlight and convert it to useable energy has been the plant kingdom’s longstanding trump card (along with some bacteria and fungi) when it comes to “greatest evolutionary adaptation known”. Unlike the rest of the tree of life ,photosynthetic organisms have billions of years worth of free energy to count on. It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet of solar food. The evolution of the animal world actually wouldn’t have happened if photosynthetic organisms hadn’t started pumping oxygen into our atmosphere in the early years of Earth.</p> <p>For the first time, scientists have found evidence that an insect shares this ability. Some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acyrthosiphon_pisum">pea aphids</a>, like the one pictured above, can produce plant-like orange pigments called carotenoids. In addition to chlorophyll, these are the same compounds that leaves use to harvest light, and also why we get those beautiful browns and oranges in autumn.</p> <p>The aphid seems to have “stolen” the genes from a fungus, and then through some non-photosynthetic mechanism, is using the pigments to create ATP, life’s energy currency.</p> <p>This isn’t the first time a larger organism has developed the ability to harvest sunlight! <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/12/28/solar-powered-green-sea-slug-steals-ability-to-photosynthesise-from-algae/">A sea slug was discovered a few years ago that borrowed photosynthetic genes from microscopic algae</a>. Looks like the branches on that tree of life cross over more than we thought. </p> <p><strong>More at <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=first-evidence-found-insect-photosynthesis">Scientific American</a>.</strong></p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30058397495http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30058397495Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:57:50 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8xkmumn351rasjako1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30007745594http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30007745594Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:19:47 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ROgjijS3vtk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post/29699484809/real-life-troll-of-the-day-trolling-at-its">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Real Life Troll of the Day:</strong> Trolling at its finest.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2012/08/nerds-build-device-that-turns-off-all.html">tastefullyoffensive</a>]</p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30007632810http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/30007632810Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:18:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m931aqNWeG1qzni5fo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahdementia.com/post/29868705491/breaking-bones-by-darius-twin-flickr-via">fuckyeahdementia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.dariustwin.com/">Breaking Bones by Darius Twin</a></p> <p>[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariustwin/">flickr</a>:<a href="http://laughingsquid.com/breaking-bones-animated-light-painting-of-a-break-dancing-skeleton/">via</a>]</p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29993835940http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29993835940Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:51:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m93up4yvD01qz4cuyo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/29894202205/archenemy">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.savagechickens.com/2012/08/archenemy.html">Archenemy</a></p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29989799185http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29989799185Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:53:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92usjW1tC1qewacoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahdementia.com/post/29863769927/jealouscatisinnocent">fuckyeahdementia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>[<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.tastefullyoffensive.com/post/29858629238/jealouscatisinnocent">tastefullyoffensive</a>:<a href="http://www.quickmeme.com/jealous-cat/?upcoming">via</a>]</p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29936082170http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29936082170Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:34:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92lyxxo4S1qmkxx9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://discoverynews.tumblr.com/post/29866116097/this-photo-shows-the-ground-level-change-over-52">discoverynews</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This photo shows the GROUND LEVEL CHANGE over 52 years. The reason for the change? People are farming water and the ground is sinking…</p> <p><a href="http://news.discovery.com/earth/groundwater-mining-sinks-farmland-forever-120820.html"><strong>Sinking Tomatoes! Where Did the Farm Go?</strong></a></p> <blockquote> <p>Globally, humans are consuming 3.5 times more groundwater than aquifers can support. </p> <p>In the U.S., worrisome areas include parts of the High Plains, especially in the Texas Panhandle and western Kansas, and the Central Valley of California. In the worst cases, groundwater extraction has already caused a permanent reduction in the storage capacity of the aquifer—meaning that the aquifers can never recover even if pumping stops.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://news.discovery.com/earth/groundwater-mining-sinks-farmland-forever-120820.html"><strong>what can we do…?</strong></a></p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29936008887http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29936008887Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:33:53 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94116pSUN1qmkxx9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://discoverynews.tumblr.com/post/29914070912/im-not-an-optimist-im-not-a-pessimist-im-a">discoverynews</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m not an optimist. I’m not a pessimist. I’m a scientist.</p> <p>via (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/trace.dominguez/posts/268368526606698?ref=notif&notif_t=like">I Fucking Love Science on Facebook</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29925601260http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29925601260Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:53:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92tewrNJw1r0wqrdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29921934825http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29921934825Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:05:04 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XETk-zYa11U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://zogs-fan-fiction.tumblr.com/post/29919649666/assassins-creed-1-trailer-set-to-cadence-to">zogs-fan-fiction</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Assassin’s Creed 1 trailer set to <span>“Cadence to Arms” by Dropkick Murphys</span></p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29921896550http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29921896550Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:04:29 -0400Assassin's Creed<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8vssmhkBE1qjj8ifo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29600753293http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29600753293Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:07:34 -0400darth vaderdeath star<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8f4v6SoAn1r5zq6ao1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8f4v6SoAn1r5zq6ao2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29361580467http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29361580467Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:48:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ydg4CLxd1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/24208132934/awesome-super-mario-bros-fish-tank-made-with">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/awesome-super-mario-bros-fish-tank-made-with-legos/">Awesome Super Mario Bros. Fish Tank Made with LEGOs</a></p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29293837338http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29293837338Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:53:19 -0400LegoMario<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ixukcizG1qc2eojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://svalts.tumblr.com/post/29107448810/assassins-creed-sao-paulo-cathedral">svalts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Assassins Creed: Sao Paulo Cathedral</strong></p> <p>Created by <a href="http://axlsalles.deviantart.com/">Alexandre Salles</a></p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29289805578http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29289805578Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:58:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l2mdbaNs1qhoribo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l2mdbaNs1qhoribo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l2mdbaNs1qhoribo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l2mdbaNs1qhoribo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l2mdbaNs1qhoribo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l2mdbaNs1qhoribo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scienceetfiction.tumblr.com/post/29122194645/hundredpercentsd-here-is-a-more-detailed-look">scienceetfiction</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hundredpercentsd.tumblr.com/post/18960439499/here-is-a-more-detailed-look-of-the-star-wars">hundredpercentsd</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Here is a more detailed look of the Star Wars Identities poster.  If you haven’t seen them in all its glory, you can take a look<a href="http://hundredpercentsd.tumblr.com/post/18960182474/star-war-identities-was-revealed-a-few-months-ago" target="_self"> here</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>My sister saw the exhibition Star Wars Identities in Montréal and gave me a nice grey t-shirt with the stormtrooper drawing. </p> </blockquote>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29222862926http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29222862926Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:51:12 -0400star warsdarth vaderyodaboba fett<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8jlx36OJH1qjj8ifo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>But at least he won’t gain any weight</p>http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29219302934http://notsilentknight.tumblr.com/post/29219302934Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:49:56 -0400