‘Science!’ Archives
Reading material for the non-Trekkie
If you're reading this, well that means that you probably know me, which also means that you probably have that person in your life who is always trying to convince you that you would absolutely love a given Sci-Fi story if you just gave it a chance. In case you're running out of excuses... the most creative given to me was Nicole Devin, who [...]
Was I wrong about cats?
I have to admit that I definitely prefer dogs over cats, but after today our feline friends are looking a lot better. First we find out that a cat saved Nicole's mom's life (in fairness Dan is correct in pointing out that the cat wasn't actually trying to wake her up), and now this: Researchers in South Korea have cloned a cat and [...]
Most terrifying video ever
The following video makes me extremely happy that this is my last night in the hotel... Excuse me while I go throw up
Keith Conrad: World’s most magnificent health specimen
Scientists have finally proven what we've all known for years... everyone should strive to be as out of shape as I am, provided you too go for a walk every day: It's better to have a bit more pudge and get your exercise rather than be thin but lazy, according to a new University of South Carolina report published in the Journal of the American [...]
The Average American is… well, uninformed
Last week I wrote about Senator Obama's plan to "pause" manned spaceflight for at least an entire decade, rather than building the Orion spacecraft and the capability to return to the Moon by 2020. It turns out that as moronic as Obama's plan is, it is really just a symptom rather than the problem. As this poll released a week earlier seems to [...]
Obama wants immediate US withdrawl… from space
Senator Barack Obama has done what previously would have been thought impossible... he has actually made Senator Clinton look reasonably palatable as a Presidential candidate (cue soap opera music). So far only two of the 127 people running for President have bothered to formulate any sort of space policy. Hillary Clinton to her credit, has [...]
IPCC: We’re all doomed!
The IPCC has issued another report on Climate Change... before we go any further lets think about that for a second, the "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" what would happen to them if it were proven that human beings weren't causing climate change at all? What about the thousands of scientists who get sweet government grants to study [...]
