Universlings for Science and Reason

““Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science. There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.””
— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as the Candle in The Dark”

Cool Math's teacher shirt! 

-Universlings

Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA - Processing & Licence:Judy Schmidt

Space without space: Solar System's Solid Surfaces Stitched Together

- Carl Sagan (Cosmos)

A typhoon looks almost serene from a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers.

Great educational video that every adult and child should watch. Excellent teacher resource. 

Have a great year fellow Universlings.

Aldrin poses on the Moon, allowing Armstrong to photograph both of them using the visor's reflection. Apollo 11 July 20, 1969. Original Photo: NASA

Although intelligence is important, it is even better to be kind. Intelligence without empathy is nothing but wasted talent and a downward spiral for humanity. 

Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. You are quite literally a child of the stars :)

From the movie Contact (1997) Starring Jodie Foster. Written by Carl Sagan.

Just a little reminder from the great Sagan.

Shooting stars.