There's a big caution about assuming the universe was tailored for us- trying to say life must arise on water planets because we did. There's a bit undertone of religion there. However, the reverse is also true and more compelling. More than likely, we're in the middle part of the bell curve- there's no reason so…

Especially in the colors one, the raet of change fluctuates at the same time as the rotation. That's not at all fair, and might not actually test what they're trying to test.

From the rain on your parade files: The infamous camel spider photo is actually two spiders, either mating or fighting- look closely and you can make out each. Also, they're being held really close to the camera. They're not "dinner-plate size" nor do they "run screaming across the desert" as the stories said.

@stan_i_am: And inefficient, so much more coal is burned in the process.

Ha ha. Science.

Old news, pretty sure it was pinned on a fungus much like the fungus that's currently decimating bat populations.

For the millionth time- at this point I'm going ahead and saying our solar system is just teeming with life, or the remnants of life, or pre-life, whatever.

Cable?

Dude, that guy died?

So this guy's sexism is wrong, but the sexism of every sport always having a box full of guys commenting with female "on-the-field" reporters continues to be just fine?

@Annamatopoetry: Agreed. The parts whenTudors gets stale or just plain bad, I can almost guarantee that when I look it up online I'll find out that was a part where the writers dispensed with accuracy.

As someone else mentioned, the real problem is that the human body is very well-designed in terms of taking and handing out punishment. If a steel arm punches a steel body, both get damaged equally. If a (gloved) human arm hits a (trained) human body, the only thing that really takes damage are the opponents internal…

Another vote for Zune Pass. Unlimited streaming, and 10 free song credits per month. It's not The One Service, there are flaws- but figure credits in, and it's basically $5/mo for an unlimited streaming service.

Reposting again, FTFA: "It would take more than 350 years of shaving with a disposable instead of an electric to account for the annual greenhouse gas emissions of a single cow. In other words, don't sweat it."

@Shayne: Ehhh... depends on the definition. Wormholes are sort-of-science. Just like (most) ships in Star Trek don't really go faster than light- they warp space-time around the ship so the ship is floating in a bubble of normal space-time (and the space around the bubble is going faster than light, which…

I'm really befuddled by all the Macross posts. I mean, you guys... do realize that the Valkyrie in Macross looks like the real-life Valkyrie because that's exactly what the design was based on... right? And Macross is from the 80s, whereas this is from the 60s, so logically... wow.

Uh, no.

Gigantic muscles on guys slay enemies, we get that. Gigantic boobs on women... uhhh... yeah that doesn't fight crime.

Capitalism requires inhumanely cheap labor. Somebody somewhere in the chain has to be working below cost, or nobody makes a profit. Until we face up to the facts, we can never solve this problem.

Usual disclaimer and rant: Dozens of people have snuck everything from razor blades to loaded handguns through the body scanners, as they still often do via carry-ons, with absolutely no subterfuge. These scanners do absolutely nothing for safety, and everything for taking your liberty (plus there's still some…