Historically normal CO2 levels are a myth, you can't compare the current age to a previous one anymore than you can generally compare the others. Each represents a specific phase of the lifetime of the Earth, each is unique and while there is a degree of cyclicity there is always a progression over time. The reason…

"So even if we are 100% efficient, wouldn't we spend as much energy sequestering a ton of carbon dioxide as we got from that carbon when we originally burned it?"

Who's a good foam head on a stick? YOU'RE a good foam head on a stick! Yes you are, yes you are!

I'm not trying to defend it. I'm just telling what the law is and has been for a long time. For example, if the government finds evidence that you committed a crime while illegally searching your neighbor's house without a warrant, you have no right to exclude that evidence if it is used against you because your…

Did you even read the judge's decision? It can hardly be said to turn on a "technicality" merely because the author of the Wired article you cite deemed it so. The premise that the Fourth Amendment protects only property and premises in which a person has established a reasonable interest in privacy is a bedrock…

Not exactly unprecedencted...

None of us are the same person *by that relation* as we were when we were born. We're constantly replacing cells throughout our lives. And as far as Star Trek is concerned, their transporter system is a bit *different*. The trek transporter - as described by the technical manual and Mr. Scott's Guide, does not use…

It's like women who go on dates for the free food and booze.

Go look at a gorillas teeth. Sharp and pointy right? That's a vegan animal.

They were meat eaters who have switched to veg for various reasons. Usually to be "healthier" but also moral. "Meat is Murder!" They miss the taste of meat. Vegetarians are not born. Humans are naturally omnivores.

I love neutrino whiskey, but it just goes straight through me.

it's not just that though. it muddies the water on what science is and how it works. it places an undue mistrust in the scientific process. it makes people think that everyone should have a seat at the table of scientific debate and gives people cover to deny reality and emperical objective data. that's why we have…

You know, I can understand the toxin. No one wants to put 'bad' stuff into your body. But hey, I minored in Chemistry. So, I'm not confused about that.

If she'd asked, you could have just had a glass of water and told her you took the generic version instead.

"an important step towards a quantum network for communication between future ultra-fast quantum computers—a quantum internet."

What is this "majority skepticism" you are talking about? Because the majority of SCIENTISTS don't have any skepticism. The majority of scientists have looked at the evidence we have and have concluded that humans are affecting climate in a clear way. The most recent reports by NOAA and other agencies are demolishing.

"Don't try this at home"!?!

Jungle Cat World near where I live has two (I think) Amur Leopards, I had no idea they were so close to extinction - I managed to get a good shot of one last time I was there.

PTSD from repeated verbal abuse, which could come from any number of sources. The idea that people can't be hurt by words is outdated and wrong - words can wound, and they can leave permanent emotional scarring, especially in younger, still emotionally developing people.