"So what's the score? How are things different? You running the world now? You God?"

Rancid meet, rancid part, rancid meet again.

The cynic in me says that any time someone demands justification for exploration, below the surface or above the sky, they either A: want to keep the money in their own pockets, B: want the money for their own pet projects or C: a little bit of B and a lot more A.

People that can ask that have no value to society, and are probably politicians.

This is the really interesting thing about this discovery - pressure apparently /does/ prevent proteins from folding correctly. Some discussion here. Jaimeson had estimated that fish could survive down to 8200 m by heavy use of a particular chemical, TMAO, that lets the proteins fold regardless, and that's just…

It angers and confuses me that we even have to justify exploring our planet to the fullest extent possible.

The fish was quoted as saying, "Is it you who has found me, or have I found you?"

Yep, the Fraser Valley and the Okanagan Valley grow most of Canada's produce. Pretty much all fruit and vegetables. All the grain is grown in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

"...just pointing out that the lag effect in large systems is going to make for a great deal of what you've pictured above for a long time before any progressive policies take effect."

Uh oh! Strauss has invented the perfect page loading hot button for io9!

I certainly hope not. It's hard enough to live on this planet as it is.

Of course, a big problem is that there are guys on Congressional SCIENCE committees who openly state "God will never let humanity die" and thus climate change can't be a real threat.

They're no more serial killers than a person who pays for seafood or steak on a date. They're not killing other Shrike and presenting their corpses to a mate.

It has no eyes and a domed head. We should call it the Gigerfish...

Cththulu abides.

George Romero made an African-American man the lead in Night of the Living Dead (1968). He wasn't some ethnic stereotype. He was a rational pragmatist who held everything together as everyone around him fell apart. He was the one guy you would definitely want on your side and would trust with your life. This was at a…

Ozymondias from Watchman totally subverts the super-villain stereotypes by revealing his plan to the heroes after he already carried it out.

I've got to wonder what it would be like to have one of your tantrums become a topic of an award nominated photograph. I mean, the leverage that would give your parents.