Somewhere I heard that hyenas are so aggressive because they have an exceptionally high concentration of testosterone and even some females produce it in such high quantity that their genitals masculinize and form a pseudo-penis. Does anyone know if this is correct?

Every time I see this I'm astonished that after it was build an adult human, with the mental capacity to raise the funds to build it, must have actually looked at this thing and at least implicitly said "Yes, this is acceptable. I am okay with letting people ride down this contraption." So, it wouldn't be shocking to…

Most of them have what I would call "charming eccentricities." However, there are a few that stand out as a bit more pathological. One in particular is brilliant math professor who is really fond of conspiracy theories (to be fair, he came to the US as a Soviet defector).

Here, here! Come sit in on one of my faculty meetings and you'll see more than few tenured profs fitting that description.

Stupid or pig-fucking-crazy? Otherwise intelligent people can hold delusional beliefs in spite of a strong ability to think critically about certain subjects. In academia I've meet some brilliant scholars—leaders in their field—who I would never trust with a loaded firearm.

Sad. Why can't they just embrace heroin like the rest of the country has?

It's good that this is coming out and the people perpetrating it are being shamed and, hopefully, punished. Frankly, this kind of shit happens all too often in groups of white people—typically young, white men—when they think nobody is watching. The outrage people are expressing as social media exposes this is…

Beat me to it!

That's what I shoot for when meditating. Even though, admittedly, after 15 years of practice I'm far from mastering it (hard to shut up thoughts). Speaking as an actor, I've found that experience of relaxed alertness is the same state of presence you feel when connecting to your partner on stage and are honestly in…

It certainly would have a better ability to find Dyson Spheres than the Hubble.

Did they happen to mention how much fluoxetine was in it, what other ingredients there were, and how much a bottle is? Wondering if I could cut down on my prescription costs.

Earlier today George Takei spoke about how Leonard Nimoy was a great collaborator, how he understood he was part of ensemble making a show, and how he was focused on making the project work. There is nothing better one actor can say about another regarding their art. It sounds like Nimoy would have been a joy to have…

Does anyone have an idea who actually comprises the viewership of the 700 Club? I'm asking in all seriousness. What age, income, race, level of education, geographic location? He obviously has a large enough following to keep up his media profile, but I've never meet anyone—absolutely no one—who was willing to defend…

Wasn't milk and Pepsi a running gag on Laverne & Shirley?

You should actually smell it. It's worse than you can imagine.

What makes it possible to fly with so little wing? I would guess it has to do with the combination of the light airframe needing little lift to stay in the air and the powerful engine that lets the airfoil produce a lot of lift with little surface area. Am I in the ballpark on this?

Logo on a Browns helmet? OVER MY DEAD BODY!

Actually it looks like memorial photography is still a fairly common practice in Eastern Europe.

Memorial photography was actually a big thing in the United States. It became popular in the late-19th century. Photography was becoming common, but was still more expensive than most people could afford. That meant you tended to only have one portrait taken in your life, so if a loved one died suddenly (which…