Interestingly enough, George Washington was very nearly assassinated by a Brit sharpshooter who had personally invented a version of a breach loading rifle, but also a cylindrical-type bullet.

Then let them make their own movies. I don't need pro-Chinese garbage filling my viewing experience.

Hey, this movie sounds interes-

Really digging all of the chemistry articles on io9 recently, please keep it up.

Would planets orbiting binary stars receive double the amount of radiation?

Finished my first one not too long ago. Quite a bit different than this, with four strings instead of three and a (what I think) is a more extensive design.

The threat of H5N1 is just as real now as the day it was found. Just this week the Japanese government ordered 540k avian flu vaccines. Meanwhile our government still has its H5N1 moratorium on research. Which government sounds better prepared? The two most scientifically proven ways to mitigate a pandemic is to close…

I'm sorry you had to suffer through five minutes of being uncomfortable.

Would you agree skepticism is all about gay rights too? How about rights for the disabled? Colorblind? It's completely different to argue for feminism against a religious perspective, that is the goal of skepticism after all.

"Absentia" is possibly the only good thing I have ever seen come out of the Crowdfund craze.

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That is incredibly true. I'm sorry you have to go through that, I can't imagine what that must be like. Sometimes being a white male in this country can cloud your view.

I would not normally, but this woman doesn't seem capable of normal human interaction.

Sure. Tell the person he or she is an asshole. Then go tell the people running the convention that they are doing this. If they do nothing, then maybe avoid that convention in the future if those are the type of people they hire.

Then walk away. If he persues you, contact security or the police.

I'm sorry that harassment is such a big part of your life that you have to include it in every hobby you have.

What really amuses me is the anti-nerd, anti-atheist comments being left on here.

Rather, how about out-of-touch, equally socially inept feminists looking down their nose when their views aren't shared by every person in attendance?

It is truly one of the stupidest things I've read about on the internet. I guess we should feel glad that we have these obviously perfect individuals around to correct us peons.

I wasn't aware of the connection between feminism and and skepticism, thank you so much for clarifying. This is like getting mad because you went to a cookie-jar convention and there wasn't anyone dressed up as Trekkies.