It is with great sadness that I post this on Plime. For those that don't know him Jordan authored the Wheel of Time fantasy series that is considered to be among the top fantasy stories. His passing is the end of a long fight against a terrible sickness. picked by coldbladed 11 months ago

Brandon Sanderson has been selected to write the twelfth and final Wheel of Time book.
(I will say his Mistborn books have been excellent) picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Madeleine L'Engle, the author of that great book, A Wrinkle In Time, loved by multiple generations of kids and adults went to that big tesseract in the sky. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

(lots of reading)

alternately theres HowStuffWorks on time travel picked by camro77 1 year ago

Jordan, a 6-foot-2 guard from Loyola Academy and the oldest son of basketball icon Michael Jordan, announced Friday that he will play for Illinois as a preferred walk-on. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Time is no longer a simple line from the past to the future, in a four dimensional world consisting of three dimensions of space and one of time. Instead, Roger Highfield envisages the passage of history as curves embedded in a six dimensionals, with four of space and two of time. picked by DrNothing 10 months ago

I'm not exactly sure what to make of this, but if the facts are correct, then this could eventually change the world. picked by Mershaullk 1 year ago

American writer Susan Sontag was terrified of death. She beat cancer in the 1970s, and again in the 1990s, but third time around she wasn't so lucky. In a tender account of her final illness, her son David Rieff recalls how he colluded with his mother's fantasy that she wasn't dying - and what this ultimately cost him after she had gone picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

This still might be the best non-Disney animated movie of the 80’s and the most unheard of movie of the 80’s.

The story is about dream deliverer, Greensleeves, getting kidnapped by Botch, and two misfits, Ralph and Mumford have to save not only Greensleeves, But the city of Din, and the balance of it’s time itself. picked by daftgretel 11 months ago

Sometimes they swing, sometimes they miss. The best, and worst Time covers reveal how we looked at news and ourselves in peacetime, war, depression and boom. picked by mobase 5 months ago

Earlier we learned that The New York Times opened up their archives for free. A thread was started where we could post interesting finds. The people at Mental_Floss magazine are showcasing the first time various famous places/names/things/ etc were mentioned in the Times. From simpsons, through Starbucks, Silicon Valley and more! picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

People who procrastinate tend to be less healthy, less wealthy and less happy. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

According to Professor Paul Davies "Scientists have no doubt whatever that it is possible to build a time machine to visit the future". Since the publication of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, few, if any, scientists would dispute that time travel to the future is perfectly possible. picked by shredtone 2 years ago

Mathematical physicists at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow believe that the vast experiment at CERN, the European particle physics centre near Geneva in Switzerland, may turn out to be the world's first time machine picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Plenty of fanfiction available on here. Are you bothered by Robert Jordan's death, and knowing that the Wheel of Time will never be finished? Well, here 876 stories based on the Wheel of Time series.

Plenty more on here, some of these are really good. picked by donteatpoop 6 months ago

Once upon a time, time was different. Supernova explosions in the early universe appear to age more slowly than today's supernovae, as if time itself was running slower back then, according to a recent series of astronomical observations. This cosmic time warp is exactly what should be produced by the expansion of the universe, confirming conventional big bang theory. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Number 20? Bambi. picked by Proverb 10 months ago

This is a video with several time lapse clips set to a nice background tune. picked by shredtone 2 years ago

Don't burn those bridges! picked by suebe 1 year ago

ook! A horrible, horrible disease. Terry Pratchett, as you probably know is the author of the Discworld series of books. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago