(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));   Science, technology, nature, and beauty intersect with life on Earth and the future of mankind.  I hope my collection of blogs enlightens your day, makes you laugh, or helps you understand the world from a new perspective.  Thank you!       var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Tumblr (3.0; @infinitecircuit)http://infinitecircuit.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c0Z7KeNCi7g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>James Randi’s fiery takedown of psychic fraud.</p>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23340158193http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23340158193Sat, 19 May 2012 03:26:27 -0500psychic fraud<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48m1dDD3N1r6m2leo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thepeoplesrecord.tumblr.com/post/23315210852" target="_blank">thepeoplesrecord</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Thanks to for-profit prisons, Louisiana now has the highest incarceration rate in the world. </strong></p> <p><em>1 out of 86 people in Louisiana are behind bars, twice the national average. </em></p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23332682798http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23332682798Fri, 18 May 2012 23:19:51 -0500Louisianajailincarceration<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_ae7h8FioX0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span class="long-title" id="eow-title" title="fantastic 12 yr old Victoria Grant explains how banks commit fraud.mp4">12 yr old Victoria Grant explains how banks commit fraud</span></h1></p>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23312557370http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23312557370Fri, 18 May 2012 17:31:11 -0500canadabanksfraud<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42nybJ7bR1r5lm94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tinananaaa.tumblr.com/post/23108092072/read-the-rest" target="_blank">tinananaaa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o2hLELb1r2tdxx.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o2mtISe1r2tdxx.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o2rlszY1r2tdxx.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o2xsC411r2tdxx.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o329Yyq1r2tdxx.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o8rwflL1r2tdxx.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o8w7jTw1r2tdxx.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42o91YrYE1r2tdxx.jpg"/></p> <p>Read the rest at <a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla" target="_blank"><a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla" target="_blank">http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla</a></a>! Apparently tumblr has max height for posts. Ew.</p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23269011275http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23269011275Thu, 17 May 2012 21:28:52 -0500tesla<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bBx2Y5HhplI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Nick Hanauer, self-described “super-rich” entrepreneur, gave a pretty compelling TED Talk about how the middle class—not the super-rich—are the real job creators. But TED, which has released over 100 different political videos in the past, thought this one was too partisan and chose not to release it. We didn’t notice any flaming partisanship in it. We normally love TED, and were surprised they didn’t think this talk was TEDworthy. -UPworthy</span></p>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23267582299http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23267582299Thu, 17 May 2012 21:08:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2j2fh4N1qc0zlyo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Photos: Nathan Espen</p>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23260610259http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23260610259Thu, 17 May 2012 19:31:46 -0500photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45fq5TThZ1r096l7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://n-a-s-a.tumblr.com/post/23244048954/anemic-galaxy-ngc-4921-at-the-edge-credit-nasa" target="_blank">n-a-s-a</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Anemic Galaxy NGC 4921 at the Edge </strong></p> <p>Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Cook (LLNL)</p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23248931097http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23248931097Thu, 17 May 2012 16:38:47 -0500Anemic Galaxy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46p2sdaDp1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/23244717201/john-waters-picked-up-hitchhiking-by-indie-band-in" target="_blank">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/john-waters-picked-up-hitchhiking-by-indie-band-in-ohio/" target="_blank">John Waters Picked up Hitchhiking by Indie Band in Ohio</a></p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23248361697http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23248361697Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:12 -0500John WatersHitchhiking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv2d48r571qc0zlyo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Photos: Nathan Espen</p>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23197594592http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23197594592Wed, 16 May 2012 19:29:23 -0500photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44ankCXHX1qa0b73o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dinosaurcostume.tumblr.com/post/23189239663/rhubarb-and-apple-pop-tarts-click-for-more-photos" target="_blank">dinosaurcostume</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Rhubarb and apple pop tarts, <a href="http://nicolefranzen.blogspot.co.nz/2011/05/rhubarb-apple-pop-tarts-with-miss.html" target="_blank">click for more photos and recipe</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23191534154http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23191534154Wed, 16 May 2012 18:10:01 -0500appleRhubarbtart<iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1892175005/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Treat your ears right. Listen to this album.</p>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23158277615http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23158277615Wed, 16 May 2012 04:36:58 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwkx2hVP011r6r4pmo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://knowledgeequalsblackpower.tumblr.com/post/14588696231/mathematics-in-ancient-africa-rarely-do" target="_blank">knowledgeequalsblackpower</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Mathematics in Ancient Africa</strong></p> <p>Rarely do historians discuss mathematics in Africa, and when they do, they only discuss it in Egypt and Northern Africa.</p> <p>However, the oldest mathematical objects in the world have been found in sub-Saharan Africa. </p> <p>The picture is of <strong>Ishango bones</strong>. They were found near Lake Edward on the borders of Uganda and Zaire and are estimated to be 25,000 years old.</p> <p><img src="http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/ishango_bone.jpg"/></p> <blockquote> <p><span>At one end of the Ishango Bone is a piece of quartz for writing, and the bone has a series of notches carved in groups (shown below). It was first thought these notches were some kind of tally marks as found to record counts all over the world. However, the Ishango bone appears to be much more than a simple tally. The markings on rows (a) and (b) each add to 60. Row (b) contains the prime numbers between 10 and 20. Row (a) is quite consistent with a numeration system based on 10, since the notches are grouped as 20 + 1, 20 - 1, 10 + 1, and 10 - 1. Finally, row (c) seems to illustrate for the method of duplication (multiplication by 2) used more recently in </span><span>Egyptian multiplication</span><span>. Recent studies with microscopes illustrate more markings and it is now understood the bone is also a lunar phase counter. Who but a woman keeping track of her cycles would need a lunar calendar? Were women our first mathematicians?</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Considering that I’ve heard an argument that women were the first agriculturists/farmers because men were out hunting, I think, because of the same reason, it is reasonable to assume that women created this tool.</p> <p><span>(via <a href="http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/ishango.html" target="_blank">university at buffalo</a>)</span></p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23135362315http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23135362315Tue, 15 May 2012 19:30:23 -0500mathRandom Acts of Chaos: Homeless women in LA need your help, Tumblr!: stfuconservatives: Please...http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23121968154http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23121968154Tue, 15 May 2012 16:13:28 -0500los angleshomelesswomen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3wk001SiH1qkdu4io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23117599711http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23117599711Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:09 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxv3fndHx91qzprlbo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23072302220http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23072302220Mon, 14 May 2012 19:31:15 -0500elementsspaceearth<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1awxyrezB1r62zwpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leslieseuffert.tumblr.com/post/19741640548/via-americas-15-best-national-parks-for" target="_blank">leslieseuffert</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://www.popphoto.com/gallery/the15-most-photogenic-national-parks" target="_blank">America’s 15 Best National Parks For Photography | Popular Photography</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23031603898http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23031603898Mon, 14 May 2012 04:50:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qx7a1vZh1qbkzabo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <h2><strong><a href="http://healthmad.com/mental-health/top-10-biggest-brain-damaging-habits/" target="_blank">Top 10 Biggest Brain Damaging Habits</a></strong></h2> <p><strong>1. No Breakfast</strong></p> <p>People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.</p> <p><strong>2. Overreacting</strong></p> <p>It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.</p> <p><strong>3. Smoking</strong></p> <p>It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.</p> <p><strong>4. High Sugar consumption</strong></p> <p>Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.       </p> <p><strong>5. Air Pollution</strong></p> <p>The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.</p> <p><strong>6. Sleep Deprivation</strong></p> <p>Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain</p> <p><strong>7. Head covered while sleeping</strong></p> <p>Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.</p> <p><strong>8. Working your brain during illness</strong></p> <p>Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.            </p> <p><strong>9. Talking Rarely</strong></p> <p>Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.</p> <p><strong>10. Lacking in stimulating thoughts</strong></p> <p>Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.</p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23030879948http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23030879948Mon, 14 May 2012 04:12:36 -0500brainhabitsdamage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys60ySZmR1ronnn6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ikenbot.tumblr.com/post/16957253942/jack-you-dead-the-solvay-conference-in-1927-on" target="_blank">ikenbot</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jack-you-dead.tumblr.com/post/16930057294/the-solvay-conference-in-1927-on-quantum-mechanics" target="_blank">jack-you-dead</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Solvay conference in 1927 on quantum mechanics</p> </blockquote> <p>Einstein looking boss as fuck in the center.</p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23007548256http://infinitecircuit.com/post/23007548256Sun, 13 May 2012 19:30:13 -0500Solvay conference<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3upq7g9S41qbkzabo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://firsttimeuser.tumblr.com/post/22989081635" target="_blank">firsttimeuser</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://expose-the-light.tumblr.com/post/22985992604" target="_blank">expose-the-light</a>:</p> <h2><a href="http://dvdp.tumblr.com/post/10593080965/hundreds-of-pictures-of-earth-each-taken-at-about" target="_blank">Happy Equinox</a></h2> <p><span>Hundreds of pictures of Earth, each taken at about 6AM , showing the terminator - the day/night line - over the course of one year (2010sep-2011sep).</span><br/><span>Taken by METEOSAT-9 Earth-observing satellite.<br/><a href="http://www.universetoday.com/89153/happy-equinox/" target="_blank">Watch the Video here</a><br/>Credit: NASA Earth Observatory</span></p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/22989451331http://infinitecircuit.com/post/22989451331Sun, 13 May 2012 14:54:29 -0500Equinox<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqw93besH1qlb3c7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exterra.tumblr.com/post/16900853926/by-roc-canals" target="_blank">exterra</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>/ (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roc78/4846359671/" target="_blank">Roc Canals</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://infinitecircuit.com/post/22936586461http://infinitecircuit.com/post/22936586461Sat, 12 May 2012 19:31:02 -0500starsphotography