behind the scenes of our post-nuclear apocalypse film set in Korea...

We started shooting our post-nuclear apocalypse film, YEOK, on Monday night, August 6 (the same day that in 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan - we did not plan this, just a weird coincidence). As a thunderstorm rolled in, we began shooting. Here are a few of my photos of behind the scenes footage (for more photos and a video click HERE). Enjoy!

Young Gulf Arabs question tradition of cousin marriages

A Qatari wedding takes place in a traditional marriage tent in Doha

Young Gulf Arabs question tradition of cousin marriages ‎ Reuters  At least half of all Gulf Arab marriages are between cousins, with at least 35 percent of Qatari marriages between first cousins, according to current ...

'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination

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'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination : NPR

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In his new book, Imagine, Jonah Lehrer explores the art and science of original thinking — from Shakespearean tragedies to the invention of masking tape to Nike's "Just Do It" campaign. And when you get stuck? "Take a very long, warm shower," Lehrer says.

AWESOME!: The Scale of the Universe 2

AWESOME (literally)!

The Scale of the Universe 2

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Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn about everything in between.

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE EVERYONE!

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE EVERYONE!

Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu emerging from a cave.

HAPPY 48TH BIRTHDAY DOCTOR WHO!

From the first aired episode November 23, 1963!

The Tardis takes off for first time - An Unearthly Child - BBC

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Fearing that his time machine will be discovered if he lets school teachers Barbara and Ian go, the Doctor sets the TARDIS on its first journey. When the TARDIS finally materialises, it is on a barren, rocky landscape, with an ominous shadow falling across it. Classic clip from the 1963 four-part story 'An Unearthly Child', the very first Doctor Who...  

The Future is NOW!

This still has a few bugs that make this girl say some crazy stuff, but it is pretty cool already!  Click here to talk to the future!

Before they collide in nearly a million years, two newfound stars may offer insight into supernovae and Einstein's gravity.

"Death Dance" Stars Found—May Help Prove Einstein Right

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When two such massive objects are whirling around each other, they stir up the space-time fabric, creating ripples like those made by a stone thrown into a pond. As these ripples, called gravitational waves, are produced, the star pair loses some of its energy, causing their orbits to slowly shrink.

Does Islam Stand Against Science?

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Water-pump system, Seljuk dynasty, 1206.  A group of Muslim scholars says there is no inherent conflict between Islam and science.

Does Islam Stand Against Science?
By Steve Paulson

Many of the hottest topics in science challenge traditional Muslim beliefs about the world. How those conflicts are resolved could determine the future of science.

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The strange existence of anti-matter...

Taoism seems to me to come closest to contemporary physics with its yin and yang symbolism, e.g., "For cosmologists studying the origin of the Universe it was pretty clear that equal amounts of matter and anti-matter must have spewed out from the fireball at the beginning of creation." Anti-Matter Trapped For 16 Minutes)

Anti-Matter Trapped For 16 Minutes

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The strange existence of anti-matter and its radical imbalance as a cosmic constituent is a fundamental mystery that has persisted for eight decades. We may finally be poised to understand not only the universe that is but also the universe that might have been.