"Single-molecule diffractive imaging with an X-ray free-electron laser. Individual biological molecules will be made to fall through the X-ray beam, one at a time, and their structural information recorded in the form of a diffraction pattern. The pulse will ultimately destroy each molecule, but not before the pulse has diffracted from the undamaged structure. The patterns are combined to form an atomic-resolution image of the molecule." - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Upon meeting his prime visualizer in 1974, Ralph McQuarrie, George Lucas sketched out three of his known quantities, showcasing that design and writing for his upcoming saga was simultaneous. Knowing these forms' shaping was elemental in describing their conflict in written form.

6th Century BC Corinth Comedy. Comedies like these were imported to Athens from other cities. Characters were theives, slaves, drunken old women, plots involved stealing wine, manners, errors. Costumes made some appear gleefully grotesque.

Genetic sampling indicates a single mutation in Homo Sapiens occured 60K years ago and the species descends from this one gene. This chart navigates the genes blending through samples.

Bioshock's Rapture locale, soon Columbia.

"In the Navajo view of the world, language is not a mirror of reality: reality is a mirror of language."

"Naagháii is one of over three hundred thousand (356,200 by my calculations) distinct conjugations of the verb 'to go.'

Language and Art in the Navajo Universe by Gary Witherspoon, University of Michigan Press 1977