It's a big day, not just for me, but for everyone who appreciates the hard work put into making this site work. Thank you, everyone!

In 1969, humanity showed that we really could go wherever we wanted to, and our eyes have been turned upward and outward ever since. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of NASA's Apollo 11 mission made contact on the surface of Earth's moon, a 230,000-mile journey requiring the highest levels of technology of the time and hundreds of innovations that have since become a part of our daily lives. How much longer until we can go back? How much farther can we go?

Today is the anniversary of the founding of the World Federation of Neurology in 1957, so now is the perfect time to learn about that funky little mass of grey matter where everything that makes you *you* resides. Did you know that your brain has over 100 billion cells and over 100 TRILLION synapses connecting them all? That's a lot of memory space!

This year marks the fourteenth anniversary of the formation of our original site. Expect new announcements and art today!

This month has been set aside by the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) to look back at the history of vaccines and how they have helped improve our lives by lessening the impact (and, in some cases, completely eradicating) some of mankind's deadliest viruses. The effectiveness and range of these vaccines have improved greatly over the past several decades, so be sure to check with your local doctors and pharmacies to see how you can help keep your community healthy!

Today marks the birthday of Orville Wright who, in 1903 with his brother Wilbur, culminated the greatest physics and engineering of the time to develop the first rudimentary airplane. It could only fly about 850 feet and was catastrophically damaged after its fourth flight, but it showed that high-speed air travel was feasible, and that original design has been used since then to bring the world closer together than ever before.

Today, we look at our complicated relationship with perhaps the world's most public parasite. It holds an important place in the food chain as both predator and prey of hundreds of different species, but it also causes more human deaths every year than any other animal due to its ability to spread life-threatening diseases such as malaria. Make sure to pack extra bug spray on your next campout!

Did you know that the first game ever played with a computer was in 1940? Since then, they have become a medium all on their own that can take hundreds of artists to make, as well as adding entirely new dimensions of immersion and interactivity to tell stories and provide experiences never before imagined. What was your favorite game you have ever played? How would it have been different if you experienced it as a book or film?

It's easy to get caught up in the big picture, but think about how much bigger it is for the things too small for you to even properly see!

At 6:43 am MDT, the Earth's tilt will be perpendicular to the direction of the sun, effectively canceling it out and giving both hemispheres and equal amount of daylight. This marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the south.