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Most accurate clock
A new ‘quantum logic clock’ would neither gain nor lose one second in about 3.7 billion years. The logic clock is based on a single aluminum ion (electrically charged atom) trapped by electric fields and vibrating at ultraviolet light frequencies.
http://www.physorg.com/news184517462.html
The Design of the Universe
A 19 minute video on the ‘design’ of the Universe
More like this from the wonderful TED website
The observable universe
The observable universe is over 90 billion light years in diameter
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology_faq.html#DN