Themanfromnantucket - There Once Was A Man From Nantucket...

There once was a ripple in space That grew at incredible pace Now close observation Reveals this inflation Has left an indelible trace.

Limerick poet Mick Twister rhymes yesterday’s news that physicists had observed gravitational waves, strong proof that cosmic inflation occurred in the earliest moments of our universe. (via jtotheizzoe)

Adorable skeletons alert!

Dr. Krantz and Clyde mounted at the Smithsonian. Still my favourite thing ever.

Before Krantz died, he said to Smithsonian anthropologist David Hunt, “I’ve been a teacher all my life and I think I might as well be a teacher after I’m dead, so why don’t I just give you my body.” When Hunt agreed, Krantz added, “But there’s one catch: You have to keep my dogs with me.”

The Muppets - “Mahna Mahna”

aka ‘the BEST SONG EVER’

A Higgs-Boson particle walks into a church, and is about to set himself down in the pews when a priest comes up beside him, looking grim. "I, uh, regret to inform you, but…" The priest whispers "We don’t allow Higgs-Boson particles in here. Religious grounds, you understand." Staring wide-eyed, the Higgs-Boson responds “No, I don’t understand! Without me, how can you have mass!?”

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