Finding meaning in life is tricky. Some folks turn to religion. Some folks see a problem with the world, and set out to change it. There are smaller goals, too. Run a six-minute mile! Make a healthy dinner! Pet the cat until it purrs! They are all valuable to the person attempting to achieve them.

European Food Safety Authority report on the issue.

"Raked", as in "dragged" over hot coals. Early form of torture. Debilitating, scarring, excruciatingly painful - but unlikely to result in the immediate death of the victim.

That ending was so brutal and so brilliant. I was shocked the first time I saw it: it was a perfect shift from the rather zany tone the series usually adopted to something so suddenly hopeless... and then it ended with the quiet field of flowers.

Historically, malaria, typhus, and cholera have been the biggest winners in every war. Most of the death in most wars occurs off the battlefield, and is usually due to disease or a failure in the supply lines.

I wonder if the rising popularity of "Steampunk" might not give us an alternate-universe exploration of WWI. That world would inevitably include fictional weapons with a higher rate of fire, but it could use the Edwardian style and "clash of Great Powers" themes. That setting might make for a better stealth-action…

What ecosystem do you suppose the colonists on Mars are going to coexist with?

Alas, "natural" products are no more "known" a quantity than what you might tern "unnatural" ones - and are frequently less-studied and regulated.

Irony: one of the reasons that the terminator gene was inserted was because of concerns that the GMO plant would hybridize and "contaminate" non-GMO crops. The fact that it finally allowed seed companies to require annual purchases of their seed instead of licensing certain strains of plant. You know, the way it is…

Well, yes: creating a product that improves the health and safety of its users could be very profitable. True, creating one that gives users a bigger wang might be more profitable, but sometimes we still pass seatbelt legislation or breed cultivars of corn that are more resistant to herbivorous insects.

Ché: buen hecho sobre el ingles. Como puedes ver, es mejor que mi castellano! Siempre es más fácil para hablar que escribir.

Wait, there is nothing natural about using naturally occurring viruses to shuttle genes from one organism to another, as those viruses do in nature?

Yeah, those studies cited about the baby rats? Pretty much universally condemned for dodgy statistics and cherry-picked data. The French team's results were presented to the lay-media first, and then subjected to peer-review by other scientists who found them wanting.

Oh, man - the natural transfer of genes between plants, caterpillars, and predatory wasps is amazing! There are some really weird-awesome examples of horizontal transfer with bacteria and viruses shuttling particular genes between lineages.

Right, but nature didn't give you penicillin or smallpox vaccines, either. Science observed those traits in nature, and figured out a way to exploit the system in a way that was advantageous to the quality of life for human beings.

Well, yes: speed is the point.

Hey, really? You are in the photo? Nice work. It looks like you guys had a heck of a lot of fun putting all of that together.

For what it is worth, the "extended edition" really helps to swallow the particularly bitter pill of the ending. While the end decision is still ABC(+D!), the Star Child does a better job of explaining what and why it is there - and you get to see more of the impact you as Shepard had on the galaxy, and at least some…

These are problems that can (and have!) happened in other industries, but for whatever reason, they seem to be hanging on in gaming like a bad reputation. Lots of the women complaining have worked in other industries. When you are involved in the legal side of things, or the advertising side of things, you have seen…

Right, well: this is because we are dudes and we have different brain chemistry. We have a lot more testosterone in our systems. As a rule, this makes us a little more assertive and more prone to direct violence. This is cool and useful in some situations, but not in others.
Do not expect women to behave like men!…