One of the problems with anecdote in terms of scientific investigation is a thing called event selection.

The greatest thing the Libyan people will gain following this victorious rebellion is the ability to make fun of 40 years of the most hilariously dressed state-head in the world.

Less than 40$ worth of gold in each system and the chemicals and equipment to do this would cost more on a per system basis. If you can get $100 a piece, that's the better way to go. This is more of the "doing it for the kicks" sort of thing, not profitable (except on large scale).

Yes - Piracy is bad, that's accepted. When someone torrents an episode of a show, nobody on the production or broadcast side of the equation wins.

I found the following link to be very informative as to what is actually going on in these photos and how these miniature faking pictures (commonly referred to as tilt-shift though usually that is a misnomer) are actually accomplishing the feat of 'looking' small, even though they are real objects.

Note for those reading the headline and getting excited: The study found that the dosage of MDMA required in order to have an effect on the blood cancers would require lethal dosages of MDMA in live patients.

This research is interesting and could have residual benefits for space-walkers as well.

<3 <3 <3 the Big Agnes. Best tent ever. I love mine so much.

Actually funny enough the impacted satellite was a Fengyun-1C weather satellite. It also was not "exploded" but instead was the target of an anti-satellite kinetic kill missile. The result has caused the complete unavailability of polar orbits in the 500mi altitude range, and because of the nature of a polar orbit,…

Yeah, I personally have nothing specific against dressing up animals, and actually small, practiced sessions are great for working with your animal to help them adapt to unfamiliar or new situations.

The nucleobase analogues found in meteorite material are not identical to those used in terrestrial biology, and some have no known use in biological processes.

Well, he's a hero in my book. After having worked with abused and mistreated dogs, I see this guy as a god. Starving to death is horrible. We've gotten dogs who were so malnurished that they couldn't survive, even though we tried to get them some nourishment, often by IV because they were so weak they couldn't eat,…

As sad as it is, Space is already largely capitalized.

Start working towards it now and you might just be qualified by the time this thing actually gets qualified for a manned launch. Last I checked Atlas V were not man-rated launch vehicles (though their success rate and systems should allow for manned enhancements) and it seems like the Atlas V might lack enough push…

Your values for Education look incredibly incorrect.

The Soviets were already abandoning the Buran program before the collapse on account of the fact that the program was too expensive, complex and the Soyuz was far more efficient all around.

Anime voices, much like American cartoon voices, are not representative of normal speech patterns or levels. For instance, American males do not all sound like Sponge-bob Square-pants.

The camera can easily perform similar to a drone's hardware, the tech is compact, especially in the case of this missile since you know the operator will be in physical range of the transmitter.

A home nuclear "reactor" would not be sufficient to generate electricity. Most of these "home" projects do not use a fuel that will last long enough to get hot enough and the objective is rarely electricity generation anyways.

Sub-orbital fub-smorbital, if I'm going to strap myself in for a ride on a massive, slowed-down explosion in the form of a chemical rocket, my ass better be orbiting the Earth, at least once.