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I Had an incredible time working the Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival the other day. If you are still craving DC music check out Funk Parade on U street this Saturday 5/2! Go to www.funkparade.com for more information. #kingmanbluegrass #livingclassrooms #dcmusic

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It was a treat to finally see Subliminal Surge take the stage again after a 17 year break. That's my Dad singing all those naughty lyrics. #oldschoolpunk #punkchristmas #mydadismorepunkthanyou

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I had the pleasure of working with Idan Raichel last night. (at The Hamilton)

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Red Molly rocking out at the Hamilton Live tonight. So honored to be working at this killer venue! (at The Hamilton)

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Shot this after an amazing four night trek along the last section of the Smokey Mountains! Strix, Snapshot and I spent the night atop Max Patch Mountain in Pisgah National Forrest to wrap the trip up. #AppalachianTrail #sunset

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This studio changes all the time! Great to be back In the Nichol's studio. #FengShui #tannoy #pt11 #UAD #CampDannyShow #podcast

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“In 2002, having spent more than three years in one residence for the first time in my life, I got called for jury duty. I show up on time, ready to serve. When we get to the voir dire, the lawyer says to me, “I see you’re an astrophysicist. What’s that?” I answer, “Astrophysics is the laws of physics, applied to the universe—the Big Bang, black holes, that sort of thing.” Then he asks, “What do you teach at Princeton?” and I say, “I teach a class on the evaluation of evidence and the relative unreliability of eyewitness testimony.” Five minutes later, I’m on the street. A few years later, jury duty again. The judge states that the defendant is charged with possession of 1,700 milligrams of cocaine. It was found on his body, he was arrested, and he is now on trial. This time, after the Q&A is over, the judge asks us whether there are any questions we’d like to ask the court, and I say, “Yes, Your Honor. Why did you say he was in possession of 1,700 milligrams of cocaine? That equals 1.7 grams. The ‘thousand’ cancels with the ‘milli-’ and you get 1.7 grams, which is less than the weight of a dime.” Again I’m out on the street.”

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10 thousand and change on Sandia peak in Cibola National Forest. (at Sandia Mountain Peak 10,378 Ft)

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Excellent video!

How cooking can change your life— According to Michael Pollan.

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (Adrian Malone, 1980)

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Rocking out jams for the silver screens. #goodbyetitan

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Finally! A black hole that you can visit and survive!

Want a trip through a black hole without having to experience that pesky death? You’re in luck. There’s a special kind of black hole that’s not just survivable, but might get you to another time, or another universe.

Black holes are, traditionally, the scariest things in the universe. Huge, mysterious, inescapable, they wander through the universe and eat everything that gets too close. “Too close” is defined by their event horizon. This is the point at which they go dark, because it requires so much energy to escape them that not even light can get away. Since not even a photon can cross the barrier, no event that happens inside the horizon can ever have an effect on people outside.

Unless, something very odd was going on in the center of the black hole. Most black holes spin - this is something that was discovered way back in the 1960s by physicist Roy Kerr. It wasn’t exactly a shock, because most of the material that collapses into a black hole was already spinning. Sometimes, however, the spin on Kerr black holes goes a little above and beyond. Ever spun a glass of water, or soda bottle, so that the liquid inside swirls? Sometimes, if you spin it enough, the liquid actually parts, leaving a clear center and a spinning ring of water around it. The same kind of thing can happen in Kerr black holes. Instead of a singularity at the center, there’s a ring. And you can go through the open portion of that ring without touching the gravitational crush.

What’s on the other side? A lot of people have wondered. Some people think that these kind of black holes might be our key to time travel. They might be wormholes that let us hop between different points of the universe. Or they might be portals to different universes entirely. First we’ll have to find a few, and then we’ll need a few volunteers to go through. Preferably ones that haven’t seen Event Horizon.

Top Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Second Image: Dana Berry/NASA

Via NASA, Astrophysics Spectator, Discovery.

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Goodbye, Titan is playing Motorco tonight! Starts at 8:00! (at Motorco Music Hall)

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Camp Danny podcast. Soon to be available at www.jewishrock.com

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Killer Mike making it happen at at Guilford college. #serendipity

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This miniature ecosystem has been thriving in an almost completely isolated state for more than forty years. It has been watered just once in that time. The original single spiderwort plant has grown and multiplied, putting out seedlings. As it has access to light, it continues to photosynthesize. The water builds up on the inside of the bottle and then rains back down on the plants in a miniature version of the water cycle.

As leaves die, they fall off and rot at the bottom producing the carbon dioxide and nutrients required for more plants to grow.

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Oh hi. #snowninja #buff #marmot