"I wanted to fly so you gave your wings / and time held its breath so I could sing"

[larryhammer]

Normally, I wait until I have enough links to make a full-sized salad, but these first two are too cool to sit on:

First, thanks to the Japan Space Agency, we have high-definition videos of low-altitude lunar flyovers. Fan-freaking-tastic.

Then the Wall Street Journal does an expose on DNA origami. That's folding at the molecular level, people. (via)

And just for fun, via truepenny a medley of 80s pop hits set as ragtime tunes. "Material Girl" works particualarly well in that style -- some of the other songs come out as closer jazz, to my ear.

---L.