Amazing with all that dust buildup it is still getting enough power. Looks like the poor little guy desperately needs a dust devil to swing buy and blow some of it off.

Is there only one RTG battery in Curiosity? I can't believe a rover the size of a car is only requires 125watts of power, that's unreal.

Luckily I am a biologist :). However botany is not my specialty, an while small genetic changes could exacerbate food allergies, they could also fix them. Any changes in toxicity most likely derive from a plant that is toxic in the first place or they were put there on purpose (i.e Bt-toxin) from another source. …

Well hopefully it is on Elon Musk's To-Do-List, as I agree with you 100%. Oh and for reference the robot you speak of is called a cryobot.

Europa really should be our top priority. Sure, discovering if Mars had water or understanding the magnetic fields of Jupiter are important endeavors. However Europa might hold the answer to the greatest question we could ever ask. It would cost less and happen quicker at the rate we are trying to discover if…

Nothing wrong with GM foods, all life on Earth has been constantly mutating and adapting on its own. Lions eat the weakest because they are the easiest to catch and the whole gene pool of a zebra population improves over time as a result. Humans have been selecting the food they eat for thousands of years…

I thought it was from the sudden proliferation of oxygen producing cynaobacteria?

meee to.

I would like my ashes shot into interstellar space.

No only if you could stream prime media on an xbox or iOS device.

This is a great idea! Lets get on top of it Gawker!!

Noticed the change on my profile the other day.....do not like.

I have never had an issue.

Yup we are going through another mass extinction.

Here's hoping!

Water and esp saltwater and electronics do not mix.

I cheat on them with Big Bang and How I Met Your Mother, does that count? They are pretty geeky shows...lol.

This is what I hate about games like this, we can only play it for as long as blizzard lets us. What happens if I wanna play 10-20 years from now? If blizzard shuts the severs I am SOL. Ah well at least I know I will be able to play Day of the Tentacle 20 years from now.

Same here, can some one who has used it chime in.

Is the fist image a cnidarian or a mollusk?