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letterstomycountry:

Sullivan spots Jesus Diaz commenting on a fascinating dermatology case from the New England Journal of Medicine:

This guy is 69 years old, but half of his face looks much, much older than that. He was a trucker and, for 28 years, his face received much more sunlight on the left side, resulting on premature aging. We all knew that being exposed to the sun makes you age prematurely, but seeing the dramatic difference in a single face is just stunning. …

As the summer starts, this is a perfect reminder of the negative effects of excessive suntanning. If the risk of skin cancer is not enough for you, perhaps knowing that the sun will accelerate your ageing by a decade or two will stop you from being careless.

The dramatic difference is stunning.  And a cautionary tale.

ajhateley:

Completed my Masters degree! Thanks for your patience and support! Now, back to…

30 Days of Videogames - Day 26

‘Crafting and Mining Handbook’ - Inspired by Mojang AB’s Minecraft

By Illustrator A.J. Hateley M.Des.

Prints and postcards available here.

ikenbot:

Northern lights in the night sky of Finland.

ikenbot:

Netherlands Rejects Acta, and Forbids Any Similar Legislation

The Dutch government has decided that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) is not good for privacy or internet freedom and therefore shouldn’t be signed. In doing so, the Netherlands has opted not to wait for the EU’s vote on Acta, scheduled for June.

Not only that, however, but Dutch MPs have also ruled that the government will never sign any treaties that are similar to Acta. A motion was passed promising to reject any future treaty that might harm a “free and open” internet. Acta needs to be ratified by the European and national parliaments in order to enter into full effect.

expose-the-light:

Majestic Milky Way

Credit: Phil McGrew

The Milky Way shines over McWay Falls south of Big Sur, Calif. Photographer Phil McGrew pulled an “all-nighter” to get this shot.

esteldin:

The Grand Show by kern.justin on Flickr.

fyeahuniverse:

^{Adaptive optics lasers from Keck telescopes and Japanese Subaru telescope at the Keck Observatory, by Andrew Cooper}

alternativehighly:

DSC_7125 by danicaxete on Flickr.

fyeahuniverse:

^{Black hole containing NGC 1068 by NASA/CXC/MIT/STSci/NSF/NRAO/VLA}

g-r-i-y-e-g-o:

Galaxy autumn lake by masahiro miyasaka on Flickr.