Eh... yeah, really they are. Are they comparable to led or mercury pollution? Deforestation? No. But...bad is bad. It depends on where in the world you are talking as they are more damaging in some areas than in others. See this link: [en.wikipedia.org] (Wikipedia...I know okay?) for some info on how bad of an…

Lol, they take down Twitter too? Haven't been able to access it for about 2 hours now and about 15 minutes ago it said it was down for maintenance. I JUST WANTS TO TWEET A COPLE OF THINGS OMG *BRAIN EXPLODES*

Yes, well I like cats as long as people keep them inside. I don't believe in outdoor cats, they do too much damage to the environment. Dogs will, at least, stay in your yard if you let them outside.

Actually it was about .35 sec +/- .01 sec.

As a biologist and a bird bander I have to ask who in the scientific community is dumbfounded by this? We already know of at least a half dozen crow species that are capable of fasioning complex tools, even knots and hooks which is more than any wild ape can do (at least to my knowledge). At least one member of the…

What happens if someone is looking over your shoulder? Like, you know, something along the lines of: "Hey look at this... Aw shit... You gotta stand off to the side so I can click on the right file because it is tracking your eyes". Lol. I can't imagine it would be that well calibrated. Not to mention having to…

"to add Radium to items. The most famous being watch faces" and "in case you had to a night-time chemo session"

Whooohooo... Sounds like epic bullshit, yay!

Dude... LOL. I have friends that are devout Muslims from Malaysia and they say everyone in that whole country (which is primarily Muslim now) celebrates Christmas as a secular holiday there (at least where they live).

The biggest danger would be nuclear power plants failing and their backups failing because the electronics are completely fried, although nuclear plants are supposed to be EM hardened.

Although I am not sure this should technically fall under Giz's realm I cringe to think that anyone suggest any serious matter ever be discussed on Gawker.

"There, the 6-inch projectile bounced in front of a home on quiet Cassata Place"

Naw, I already have one from several years back that has more connections than that... Duh... this one doesn't even have usb b... plus the one I have only cost 13 bucks and it has various camera usb connectors too. The only thing new to this one is the ipod type connector.

Ooo, black XD

Oh, I saw this book set a few months ago in pop-sci and a scientist and foodie I really wanted it...but...it...is... ... SO expensive.

I <3 WOLFRAM ALPHA!!!!!!!!!! (and therefore I will have reevaluate my opinion of siri)

The last (New) space sim I tried was dark prophecy in beta. It was awesome but so problematic. Graphics and story line were top notch, game play was good also but I stopped because I was busy and didn't have time to wait 4 hours to get on the server. Before That I played a TON in free free allegiance (loging like…

If you want a link to the original research paper (In full, not just the abstract) here it is: [www.esajournals.org] .

Well, technically they aren't flies at all. True flies are insects that only have one pair of wings and are of the order diptera (Greek for two wings), dragonflies have two pairs and are order odonata.

I realize this, but as a scientist it is quite infuriating when I see 'mainstream' media putting a 'spin' or just poorly interpreting science research and often turning said research into something controversial when it shouldn't be (on the other hand the 'media' often reports 'fringe' (and I am euphemizing here),…