Me too...she’s mesmerising.

You expect anime to be gratuitous, it’s part of the style, but that poster is gratuitous for anime, it’s the kind of thing someone would draw specifically to mock anime’s excessiveness.

Oh, come on. C3-P0 couldn’t win against a moist towelette...unless he’s different in the EU.

I guess everyone moves on at some point, but remember...

91% of them reported talking to colleagues with email, while 86% said they talk in person.

Shame...but thanks for starting io9, it’s the only collated blog site I visit. I left off for a long time because I don’t like Gawker and Jezebel and figured this would be the same... oh well. Have fun at Ars T...

For the first time since I attempted it I gave up. Too much life, too many kids, too much study, not nearly enough idea of where the novel was going to go.

This is pretty cool. I’m not sure how functional it will be beyond high-monitoring medical applications, such as a serious disease, but it’s pretty cool.

Speaking for myself, it was lengthy text. But sure, plenty of space for everybody.

I wish you all the best, there’s definitely plenty of space for different types of publications in the field. And I always appreciate a commitment to quality and the ability to back it up.

This article was the funniest thing I’ve read in a very long time. Thank you.

True, but a lot of people avoid a lot of thinking by assuming something about another person and then dismissing everything that person says based on their assumption. It makes their lives easier, I guess.

To be honest, beauty isn’t what I look for in science fiction, it’s bold ideas and vision, and excellent writing.

Saying the leaf pixels “changed color” is a bit misleading, they went from light green to dark green.

No, not out of this. But if you’re asking for tattoos that can become electrical circuits, that’s probably possible...

I remember watching the movie and thinking “This! This is what is wrong with America. They don’t even realise how awful they are. They think this sort of shit is good and righteous!” I felt a little better when I mentioned this to a friend and he said the director did that on purpose, it was satire meant to mock…

I think this sums up my week.

Like most apocalyptic threats, the antibiotic-resistant one will most likely just make the world more unpleasant and increase the cost of living here. It’s like we’re deliberately trying to make things difficult for ourselves.