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 Quarks combine to form hadrons, the best known of which are protons and neutrons, which make up the nucleus of an atom. As far as we know, these here are the smallest particles you can get:The different types of quarks are called “flavours” : up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom. For every quark flavour there is an antiparticle, same magnitude opposite charge, an anti-quark, as you do.Here is Murray Gell-Mann receiving the nobel prize:Especially for nevine:

Modernist leftovers.First of its kind to be demolished live on TV. Interestingly enough, the architect was Minoru Yamasaki, also architect of the World Trade Centre. Why is that man walking through the demolition?

coming soon…

A brief history of creation in Norse Mythology, with illustrations by someone pretty cool:

There was nothing in the beginning but a seemingly endless chasm called the Ginnungagap(”magical (and creative) power-filled space”). Ginnungagap was a void like the Greek Chaos.

Ginnungagap was bordered by Niflheim(”world of darkness and ice”) far to the north; and Muspelheim(”world of fire”) far to the south. Out of this chaos the first being came into existence from the drop of water when ice from Niflheim and fire from Muspelheim met. Ymir the frost giant.

Ymir grew so large and so evil that three gods killed him. The blood that flowed from Ymir’s wound was so great that almost all the frost giants drowned in the torrent. Only the frost giants Bergelmir and his wife escape the flood in a chest, arriving on the mountain of Jötunheim, which became the home of the giants.

They used his flesh for creating the earth and his blood for the sea. His skull, held up by four dwarves (Nordri, Sudri, Austri, and Vestri), was used to create the heaven. While one branch of heaven was connected to Asgard (home of the Aesir - the most written about gods), another connected to Vanaheim (home of the Vanir – gods of light, less gloomy than the Aesir[apparently] ).Then using sparks from Muspelheim, the gods created the sun, moon and stars. Ymir’s eyebrows were used to create a place where the human race could live in; a place called Midgard (Middle Earth).

A great ash tree called Yggdrasill (”World Tree”) supported the universe, with roots that connect the nine worlds together. One root of Yggdrasill extends to Muspelheim (”world of fire”), while another root to Niflheim (the “world of cold” or “of ice”). Helheim, was the world of the dead. There was also the underground world for the black elves (svartálfar), called Svartalfheim. The dwarves inhabited the world of Nidavellir.

At the three roots of Yggdrasill, there were three wells.

The Norns guarded the Urðarbrunnr, which is often known as “Weird’s Well”. The Weird’s Well was considered to be very holy. The Norns were Urda (”Past”), Verdandi (”Present”) and Skuld (”Future”). Two swans drink from this well.

The second well was Mímisbrunnr (Mimisbrunnr) or the “Well of Mimir”, which was also known as the “Well of Knowledge”. The well was said to be guarded by the Aesir god named Mimir, a Norse god of wisdom.

The third well was called Hvergelmir or the “Roaring Kettle”, where a giant serpent called Nidhogg, continuously gnaws at the root of Niflheim. Eventually, Nidhogg will eat its way through the root that will cause Yggdrasill to collapse. But this wouldn’t happen until Ragnarok (the end of the world) finally arrived. Nidhogg also liked sucking on the bodies of the dead.

Perched on one of the branches was a great eagle, wise beyond its years. A hawk, called Vedrfolnir sits between the eyes of the eagle.

taken by the rovers

Opening sequence of Mutations

prince of dreams.