Whatever it is they shouldn't call it Peggy.

Without the word 'smug' that face couldn't possibly be described.

Someday an Earth probe will descend beneath the clouds of an alien planet and send back video of a surface coated in living, reproducing snot that dreams, has ambitions and understands advanced mathematics. From that day forward all our resources will sensibly be diverted to making longer range missiles, bigger bombs,…

" DC had a chance to let them go peacefully," and keep their human chattel, "But refused."

But not with the severity and rapidity we're seeing today, at least not during humanity's existence.

Fox News has demonstrated that facts are infinitely malleable in the service of one's political agenda.

Despite what the vast majority of scientists are saying extensive studies are indicating?

Why should I sacrifice anything to save a future I'll be absent from? Fuck my great grandkids and anyone stupid enough to be born on low lying land.

In 25 years they'll be saying it was the Democrats who thought dumping huge amounts of undocumented corporate money into the political arena via Citizen's United was a bright idea.

Are you really saying that NAFTA was a liberal, Democratic Party endeavour?

Proxymoron?

But can't you imagine a supergiant, with say 500 Solar radii, supporting a system with hundreds of plants instable orbits? I'd love to know what current theory predicts the upper limit could be.

I expect we'll eventually find things far more exotic than this. How about a system where hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of planets orbit a single star?

We'd probably have asteroid deniers.

Saturday I invoked this particular story as an example of an apocryphal story for my girlfriend (she's Slovak and we were discussing language), this and Archimedes' 'Eureka' moment. I just now apologized.

If you need an app to coordinate your outdoor activities with the weather you likely have other issues that are well beyond any help an app can provide.

Apparently. Star Trek needs a new threat, something that makes Federation space nostalgic for their tango with the Borg.

Hi Katia,

Second this.

I've known this for ages but can't remember where I learned it. With me the urge to sneeze returns soon after I release, but if a zombie is taking a rest break on the bed you're hiding under it can prove quite useful.