There is an ancient Greek proverb: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” We live in the shade of those trees planted the Greeks who created Western Civilization. Our job is to water the trees. Occupy Mars ❗

OTD in 1913: The Founding of Canberra, the capital city of Australia 🇦🇺 COLOURISED, HD

I just bought a gigawatt-scale solar factory. AMA.

Widespread increases in speed limits due to autonomous vehicles? If yes when and where?

In a galaxy far, far away, the Voyager Golden Record gets discovered…

Boy am I good at that.

If you give me 17 minutes, i will help you battle depression more effectively than everything you've tried so far. This is the most in-depth guide about depression, discussing: -Common misunderstandings when it comes to depression -The genetic influences -General tests you can take -The hormonal influences -Why where you live is very important -Something more effective and safer than SSRIs -Why, no matter how much you work on your mental patterns, you're still depressed -Why you might be thinking about depression the wrong way and much more. Thread🧵

A woman read a homemade sign in a window that said, "Shout 'Max,' and if you're lucky, an angel will appear." And he did!

I am concerned the Electoral Commission has identified the person responsible for the 47,000 illegal pamphlets but will not tell the public who it is, or whether they will be prosecuted. I have written to the AEC asking for an explanation. The public has the right to know.

This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets. ‘Cellular landscape cross-section through a eukaryotic cell.’ - by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill.

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China is accelerating up the Kardashev scale and we are dragging our feet. US needs to accelerate. Solar and Nuclear are the way.

'Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like – such as reading to your little boy... keeps the Devil down in the hole.' Nick Cave.