Twittering the big bang

Posted by Nicholas Gruen on Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Universe Today held a competition to ecapsulate the big bang, and/or the history of the universe in a tweet – which is limited to 140 characters. The top ten are here.

My fave is below the fold.

#sci140 starburst, molecule, amino acid, protein, cell development, cell division, sex, technology, war, religion, OK magazine.  jonotrumpeto

And while I’m about it, what do you think makes this picture so pretty?

Plentiful plankton


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2 Responses to “Twittering the big bang”

  1. Alphonse said:

    The picture? What makes it pretty is fractals, but I’m guessing the answer you want is oil spill.

  2. Nicholas Gruen said:

    Nope – it’s plankton.

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