If you like it then you’d better put a ring on it? Think again
Apparently, the age-old tradition of giving diamond engagement rings isn’t age-old or traditional at all. It’s a 100-year-old marketing scam! h/t CollegeHumour via Upworthy
Lose yourself in a kaleidoscope of 8-bit insanity
Joe Jeremiah did a remix for a theme and then started messing around with some animation. What he discovered blew his mind. h/t YouTube
Manu Prakash — A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami
Perhaps you’ve punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that’s just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries … and turn almost anything into a…
John Lennon on reality
h/t The Bible Lied
Henry Lin — What we can learn from galaxies far, far away
By studying the properties of the universe’s largest pieces, we can learn quite a lot about scientific mysteries in our own world and galaxy.
melt your mind 