One sweet optical illusion.

There is a movement afoot, to make Hella the new SI prefix (US) for 10^27, coming after Yotta. Austin Sendek, from the UC Davis Physics Dept. said:
“The number of atoms in 120 kg of carbon-12 would be simplified from 6,000 yottaatoms to 6 hellaatoms. Similarly, the sun (mass of 2.2 hellatons) would release energy at [...]

I simply have no words for this.

Not much more needs be said here. Enjoy.

And my favorite from the group:

Here are a few vids of people putting non-food items in microwaves. I’m gonna have to try some of these. First off is Ivory soap in a microwave. Oh, yeah, and make sure and watch the vids all the way through.

This is what happens when you put a sonic boom firework in the microwave. A [...]

A few images for this Valentine’s Day.

And my personal favorite:

Happy VD, guys!

Filmed in 30 minutes, this short has great FX for a DIY project dreamed up and executed by serious Sci-Fi fans.

I dunno about you, but I just don’t see how a day could go wrong after a breakfast like this. (Found on iammommy.typepad.com)

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A see through body piercing. Just don’t quite know what to say about this. On one end, “Cool! It’s your body, it’s your right.”, but on the other end I just gotta wonder what she’s thinking. To quote my middle son, “Whoa! Creepy!”