Space and Time

Explore Space!

• Dagwood Splits the Atom! Yes, Dagwood Bumstead of Blondie shows us how it's done.
• Cell Size and Scale. Zoom down from a coffee bean and a grain of rice to the microscopic realms of viruses and finally to a carbon atom.
• True size of Africa. Africa's bigger than you think when you see how many other countries can simultaneously fit into it.
• Powers of Ten. Based on the film by Charles and Ray Eames. Zoom out from human scale to the farthest known vistas of outer space then zoom in to the nucleus of a carbon atom.
• Solar System Scope. Explore the solar system.
• Space Engine. Explore the universe in three dimensions, from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies.
• The Scale of the Universe 2.
• If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel."A tediously accurate map of the solar system."
• How Big Is The Universe? by Beakus on Vimeo.

Explore Time!

• Here Is Today. See how a units of time, from today to the age of the universe, compare.

See Bizarre Creatures!

• Five organisms with real super powers that rival their comic book counterparts.
  1. Bdelloid rotifer: The immortal rotifer that absorbs the abilities of anything it touches.
  2. Crysomallon squamiferum: The deep sea snail that turns its flesh into metal.
  3. Sacculina: The parasitic barnacle that takes over your body.
  4. Indonesian Mimic Octopus: The shapeshifting octopus.
  5. Cladosporium cladosporioides: The fungus that eats radiation.
• WTF, Evolution? Surely no one designed these wacky animals. A tumblr blog.
• How the Male Angler Fish Gets Completely Screwed. A one-page webcomic by The Oatmeal.