September 2012
Toxel →
Site of the day.
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“Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone...”
– John Green
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Hubble has spotted an ancient galaxy that...
This galaxy is so large, so fully-formed, astronomers say it shouldn’t exist at all. It’s called a “grand-design” spiral galaxy, and unlike most galaxies of its kind, this one is old. Like, really, really old. According to a new study conducted by researchers using NASA’s Hubble Telescope, it dates back roughly 10.7-billion years — and that makes it the most ancient...
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“The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell...”
– Donald Miller
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Swarm
Learn how to say “no”. Cram that word inside your mouth, the whole thing, make sure all of it gets in there. Let it walk on your tongue. Practice with it in the mirror, push it out, make faces, learn to love the salt and bitter of it. Teach it to perch on your lip, buzz, collect pollen from your sugary gloss. Make it swarm between your cheeks.
- Jeanann Verlee
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“I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.”
– George Gordon Byron
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Why the Left-Brain Right-Brain Myth Will Probably...
The left-brain right-brain myth will probably never die because it has become a powerful metaphor for different ways of thinking – logical, focused and analytic versus broad-minded and creative. Take the example of Britain’s Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks talking on BBC Radio 4 earlier this year. “What made Europe happen and made it so creative,” he explained, “is that Christianity was a...
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“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people...”
– Maya Angelou 