"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.

Comments

[azang.livejournal.com]

You always post the best links, thanks. The DNA thing is just mind blowing.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That DNA one is fascinating and disconcerting--creating self-replicating things at that level seems ... risky. But very cool.

[larryhammer]

Indeed.

---L.