Yeah, but you can roam in HK at any time. Assange has not been out of the embassy...

Would you care to tell me which is the only country to have actually used used A-bombs as a weapon? Don’t quite remember, but I think it would be a reason to be very scared of that country, you know, actual proven danger vs hypothetical and perceived.

Fukushima... No detectable spike in cancers, not even thyroid. Just don’t build irresponsibly like Chernobyl, and not much to worry about. Worry about coal-fired plants. They spit out millions (literally) of times more waste for the same amount of energy, proven to be more dangerous.

This motor assist plus battery looks like an amazing technological feat. What I find weird is the sites emphasis on stealth. Maybe you don’t want your bicycling buddies to know you just cant keep up, but it looks that some competitive athletes might be tempted to read it another way... Maybe there’s a lot of mech…

The presence of life, sea currents, complex atmosphere, textures... all this gives the earth a clear aesthetic advantage over mostly dead planets like Mars, but as you say, this is coming from an earthling...

Its not a strawman argument, you state that they should focus on “making a first stage that doesn’t explode when it falls over” and both Miznitic and ararapompia are explaining (convincingly) why it shouldnt be a concern.

NASA has been dumping rockets in the sea, losing them to further use which is precisely the point here. SpaceX’s plan is to cut costs by RE-USING the rocket, and thus cutting costs. They’re trying to SAVE money by landing the damn thing upright.

Apparently it did/has worked to make the US less oil dependent. Now you can Burn baby! Burn! and make global warming worse...

You make a valid point about disengagement , and how it was done because the (human) operator thought there was danger , but how would you know how many times a crash was prevented? You do a simulation, let it run without disengagement and see if the result is a crash?

Driving a car in city traffic does not bring a lot of enjoyement, to me at least. I only truly enjoy driving on country road or a higway. In the city more often than not I feel trapped on all sides by other cars in a steel cage “stop at will, turn at will, speed at will” does not describe well most of my driving…

About Saudis Flooding Market or US increased output causing Oil to be cheaper, this graph would suggest the biggest contribution would be from the latter.

I remember having seen a documentary where dolphins ( yes the cute animals we love to swim with) kept sunfish fresh for future meals by eating away their fins so they couldn’t swim anymore. More observations are needed probably, but yeah animals can have seemingly inhumane behaviors.

Perhaps if you watch again “The Empire strikes back”, you'll know what will happen to the characters....

Wow! what an amazing article. Beautifully written, interesting and well anchored in facts and data. I have had a great time reading it and expect to read more articles by Patrick here. I recommend him and will definitely return to him on my next visit to lifehacker.

OK, I understand this is a joke Maddie, but isn’t there enough confusion between scientific facts and pop culture fantasies to make this article misleading as it lacks any kind of disclaimer. Plus WTF wit BMJ, is it aprils fool already?

Wait for the Martin Shkrelis of the pharma industry get a hold of the patents, you’ll be able to synthesize any drug you want for $750 a pop.

Ok , the headline might be a bit provocative, but its not a reason for 90% of people to stop reading there and start ranting about how their lives would be made impossible without their privately owned cars.

Yes we need physical things for exchanges. Like now, we are sending enveloppes with written messages back and forth, imagine if it wasnt physical, it would becompletely meaningless.

Or is it just bias against Wikipedia each time it gets mentioned anywhere near the word “research”?

I live in Mexico, and I have Netflix, but its more limited in content than its US counterpart, other services are more limited or unavailable, therefor I pirate still, but less than before.