My great-great-grandfather extinguished a few species, I'm sad to say. He worked for the collector Lord Rothschild in the 1890's and got sent off to Hawaii to capture bird specimens etc. A lot of Hawaiian birds were going extinct around then or had already gone extinct. Even though he didn't kill whole populations of…

Speaking as someone working on a PhD in this so-called phantom period, there is no controversy, this is just plain BS. You don't even need to look at non-western European sources for confirmation, as we have literally thousands of dated documents from all across the continent within this time frame, including…

What is Gamergate? I get search results about female ants

Some will watch for the tits, others for the peckers.

Really, no one has posted the definitive pop culture observation about the custom of dyeing the Chicago River green? I guess it's up to me:

This is the elephant misericord from Exeter Cathedral. It's from the 13 century and may be based on an elephant drawing that was given to Henry III. Notice how hoof-like the feet are.

For those who are saying, "Why bother? Creationists are immune to rational persuasion," it's worth putting things into perspective - the creationists you are most likely to knowingly encounter are the hardcore committed ones. For every publicly visible creationist who has an response to every argument, there are…

There is just no point in the Onion or any other satire anymore, is there? Almost every article they can do ends up coming true. ...Does Onion have the Death Note but for reality?

It looks like a regular snapper to me. Alligator Snappers have a somewhat different shaped mouth. They are also 4-6 times in mass as adults. I guess this could be a little guy though. Either way, I am completely surprised it didn't take that piece of his lip right off. Their bites are incredibly powerful.

The "real" Egyptians weren't one color. The 25th dynasty was Nubian, but the dynasties that preceded it and the dynasties to follow were different ethnicities. The earlier Egyptian ruling class were what we would consider middle eastern, and the later ruling classes were more Mediterranean with the Ptolemys being…

Reminds me of that Angel from "Evangelion" that looked like a sphere, but actually the sphere was the 3 dimensional shadow of the real Angel, which blew my mind and freaked me out simultaneously.

Oh shit, it's Gantz! Run away!

Let's get that sucker open!

If we're lucky, it was not this:

Although the new Kill la Kill opening is great, you cannot forget the fantastic ending credits that pay great homage to Urusei Yatsura's opening/ending crawls:

On Kill la Kill's crazy outfits... well here's something I wrote about the themes in the series:

I love how gradually her eyes wandered towards it. It was hilarious if you happened to notice.

Kotaku doesn't have enough articles about penieses. Hope this year will be better on those!
Anime?! Video Games!? NOT ENOUGH PENI!
YEAR OF THE ERECT TROUT!

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Grumio est in culina. Grumio est mortuus. Quod Grumio Doctorum non vidit.

That's why it's being posted on a science fiction web site.