Scientist Gone Wordy

Andrew rattles off information about the music playing in the pizza to his girlfriend, Nicole (Melissa Benoist). Sebastian, of course, pla...

The seething star forming this nebula is 45 times more massive than our sun. Gas on the star gets so hot that it escapes away into space a...

One way to think about this is simply as a reflection of the fact that, to date, we have found no limitations to the improvements that can...

Kudos to this particularly well lived albatross !

My favorite game of gender swap in scientists' bios form: click here . h/t Beth

And we would do well to remember that . It's amazing to me how often people refuse to accept that most behaviors are learned.

I think I need to visit Denmark and Turkey .

Scientists having fun . :)

I'm one of those that just doesn't get all the hullabaloo about Neill Blomkamp movies. With Chappie coming up, someone else who it ...

Check this out !

Really, there is so much that entertained me in this article but the real question is: do you think your cat has what it takes?

Sadly, I did not see one of these when I was in Australia last week. I did see one of these .

I was hunting around for the character list* from The Luminaries , and came by this fantastic article by Eleanor Catton. I love th is ty...

ETA2: Another good point. ETA: A more in depth look at the concept mentioned in the video below. Check out this video , and a browse a...

After watching a bevy of movies with old dudes romantically linked with women who could conceivably (even if unlikely) have been their child...

Too good not to share ! hat tip: Jed

This is my life, after all. Who could possibly know more about it than me? According to the internet, the answer to this question is, “an...

"You're just doing this to get laid." Oh, son. You know what I do to get laid? I treat women as humans while being super sma...

Would be a refreshing thing. Check out this funny link for what that might look like. hat tip: Dr M

Many people (and esp. the folks in my former writers' group) have heard my endless harping on the lack of female relationships being dep...