Eleven birds killed in the month of the report. The American Bird Conservancy estimates that 300 million to 1 billion birds die each year from collisions with glass on buildings, from skyscrapers to homes. Just in the US. So let's keep it in perspective.

"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to index the web is insignificant next to the power of the Force."

Disturbingly, Shukman explains that the operating theater is "not air-conditioned; nor is it particularly clean. Flies buzz around the pig's head."

It's true, they aren't as much of a problem as people without a sense of humor.

"minimal drag so as not to affect your gas mileage"

Its a huge leap to say that this is due to pollution. There's no reason why marine mammals can't occasionally have conjoined twins because the zygote randomly started to split, for no good reason. Cellular development is reliant on a precise activation of genes and its easy for something to go wrong due to random…

My top 10 for the year

I love DARPA. It's like someone realized that the best way to handle mad scientists was to give them government jobs. Imagine how many invisible madmen, killer robot attacks, death rays, and giant scorpions America has been spared through the power of a steady paycheck. Though that does sound a bit sad in a way.

"em-I-es-es-i-es-es-i-little-pee-pee-i"

Capacitive buttons on the bottom =/= vanilla Android experience

Gizmodo would be good at writing these titles.

linkbait... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The lack of Stargate .gifs in this post is upsetting...

Re: ". . . but genetic mutations have to be advantageous to become dominant in multiple species.": no, they don't. All a widespread variation means for sure is the variation showed up a long time ago, and it hasn't been disadvantageous enough to cause extinction in the species in question. There does not have to be…

I'll like it better when the responses are,

Can't wait for the future ones like

"Show me the porn sites I was browsing last week"
"What was that chick's name I met last saturday"
"Do I have the herps?"

Gosh, people are dense.

Ambrose, is that you?