ALMA first images

ALMA first images

Billion dollar telescope snaps galactic head-on. Extraordinary. Click through to the higher resolution image for the true beauty of the galaxy collision pictured. Fabulous.

Sagan and Feynman

Great mash-ups of two of the best presenters of science, ever. Glorious. [update: and have a fly over the earth from space for some more loveliness]
The small world

The small world

Fabulous micro photography. All of them are worth a second look, but I found the jumping spider eyes the freakiest.

Innovating against the grain

Great stuff from Neal Stephenson (I quite liked REAMDE, not his finest work, though) on certainty and failure-intolerance. Today’s belief in ineluctable certainty is the true innovation-killer of our age. In this environment, the best an audacious manager can do is...

Hottest chillies in the world

Not only is the article very interesting, it was great to see Owen’s folks hit Slashdot, among others. Summary: HOT!, fatty drinks help, worm farm runoff stimulates the fruit.

How the aurora borealis works

How the Aurora Borealis Works. Brilliant. I hadn’t realised why the day and night aurorae were different. The Aurora Borealis from Per Byhring on Vimeo.