The golden ratio fascinates me. That’s why I’m delivering some well cooked copypasta from PonderAbout.com for your edutainment.
1.618 has been called nature’s number, the golden number and the golden ratio.
Pythagoras wrote that this mysterious number, “manifests in the whole of creation”
It can be seen in art, music, architecture, and in the structure of a [...]

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Rehabbing baby sea lions must be a lot like raising an aquatic puppy.  I love the beach, so this job has got to be one of the most rewarding ever.

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I’m a sucker for nature documentaries.  What an incredible creature!

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This is the cutest thing ever.

A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down [...]

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The Discovery Channel put together this great site on the capabilities of the human body.  It’s a really great learning experience because it’s fun, visually stimulating, and always highly interesting.  This is the way media should be done!
The Human Body Explorer

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This clip is from the BBC series Wild Australia, I believe.  The footage is bizarre and fantastic.  Enjoy!

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I watched this great documentary today, and recommend that you get your hands on it.  If you can’t rent it or buy it or borrow it from a friend, I’ve included the whole thing below.
It’s full of beautiful footage (and when I say beautiful, I mean absolutely unreal, they couldn’t have made more stunning CGI [...]

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I’m a sucker for a good conspiracy theory.  I guess part of it is that like the underdog belief system challenging ubiquitous preconceptions, and just the thought of having another way to understand the world around you.  This is a real neat one, guaranteed to at the very least entertain, and at the very most [...]

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“The recurrences of the universe rose to the maddening rhythm of an incantation, and I began to see an idea. A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, [...]

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This has been floating around online for a little while now, and I’ve been meaning to post it up.  The squid was caught in 2007 and frozen, and was finally taken out for study a little while ago.  The scientists even ate some of it! (Apparently it tastes like sashimi).
Via Presurfer

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Only girly men use bait, nets, and rods.  Pfft!

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Between this and lolcats, I wouldn’t be surprised if 1/3rd of the internet was filled with cute furry animals.  Videos of animals falling asleep seem to be the new thing.
More sleepy animals after the jump!

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A highly amusing photo set.  Click the link to find out how it ends…
Via World Wildlife News

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