I know for a lot of people, the environmental 'cause' is more a matter of faith than anything else, and that what science is hung on it does not need to be particularly ethical or compelling to be used as support. But this kind of research is just sloppy. For science to be "science", the research must be random,…

Nothing new here. Being underweight (in the true sense) has always been far more dangerous and threatening to the human system than being overweight. It means you are generally malnourished, have lowered immune function, lower muscle mass, disrupted hormone regulation, inhibited nutrient absorbtion, and a host of…

Sigh. "Significant energy" to make potable water? The normal, common, everyday, UNSTOPPABLE natural process makes billions of gallons of potable water every day. Evaporation & condensation = potable water. I'm all for smart use of resources, but to imply that the manufacturing process is somehow a "waste" of…

Exactly. Get over it, furturist. The entire so-called "controversy" was over Embryonic stem cells, which are absolutely useless. All of the valid, important, and USEFUL research being done with stem cells are with ADULT stem cells... Not embryonic. But a bunch of morons in the debate screamed and whined and…

Should say, "Fugly glasses look like they are made out of coat hangers and old office supplies." Seriously these things are about the ugliest pieces of crap I've ever seen anyone propose that you put on your face - and I lived through the 1970s and 1980s when eyewear looked like the optometrist was trying to make you…

I think this "article" (snort) is the very definition of an ad-absurdum argument. It ignores all the positives of modern meat processing, and exaggerates every negative to such a ridiculous degree that it belongs on the same level of propoganda-based pontification as Global Warming and any political ad you've ever…

Seconded. Turn that map 100% blue and that will be enough climate change. As long as the Mythbusters move to another city then I can't think of anything anyone would miss.

Here is the internal view of the only possible space this structure has for bedrooms...

'Several bedrooms'... Where? There is barely enough room in the back past the kitchen area for one very small bedroom and one bathroom. And the shed/closet thing is butted on the OUTSIDE of the structure and is way too small to be a bedroom/bathroom. It's either some sort of storage shed, or its holding the power…

This isn't a house. This is just a long ROOM with a lot of windows. There doesn't seem to be a bedroom or a bathroom. That shed/closet thing in the back must be where the converter, inverter, and all the batteries are stored. Where does he sleep, urinate, deficate, and store all his clothes and stuff?

Seems more like it is some of you guys that have the wadded up panties. All I did was list how this was illogical and pointless. I don't hold Obama's gaffes against him any more than I held Bush's against him. Gaffes happen. That's why seeing a whole article on Gizmodo about a comparatively unfunny, simple typo…

Every time Obama screws up about a million hipster doofuses explode like fungi out of the ground and try to show how it isn't REALLY an Obama screw up, but simply that people "didn't understand him properly". Whatever. He screwed up. It wasn't sloppy. It wasn't shorthand. It was a mistake. Just swallow your…

Same reason all the Trog-Lib-Dytes are all butthurt over every Obama gaffe. Of course if a "neocon" (pht) brings up something, you "dont' see how this is relevant". However, when a neolib brings up a conservative mistake then other neolibs will go to great lengths to say how "important" it is. Double standards and…

Then you should be scared by Obama, or any other human being that comes down the pike. Obama is a gaffe machine. Biden is like the living, breathing ebodiment of the God Of All Gaffes. And yet they're running the country. If this really something that you think is an issue important enough to decide how you vote,…

1. I very much doubt that Mitt Romney personally programmed and released this app. The screw-up is the fault of some careless editor and/or programmer who had a brainfart.

No - a 42 ounce drink is not the norm when you go to any restaurant in the United States. Typically a fast food restaurant will sell what we call a 'combo' which includes a sandwish, french fries, and a drink. When you order a combo, the cashier will usually ask "What size would you like?" At that point you request…

Oh yes. I noticed. This DISinfographic violates every rule any professional analyst has ever learned about proper, unbiased graph design. This graphic isn't just 'bad'. It is deliberately and grossly deceptive, and given the nature of the article I would have to say that it was done on purpose. Shame on the CDC…

You earn the tin-foil hat by making goofy statements like "it is impossible to be healthy eating food from a grocery store". That is nonsense. Anyone can be perfectly healthy and have the proper weight while eating grocery store food. I'm 43 years old and I am 6'1" and 169 pounds. I'm healthy as a horse, have…

Because there are a lot of stupid conspiracy theorists out there that for some asinine reason think "processsed" = "bad for you". That's absolute ridiculousness, as a lot of the processed food is about a BILLION times 'better' for you than anything you eat in nature. It comes from Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle"…

Thier portions are large because movie theatres do not make money from ticket sales - they make it from concessions, and the concessions are priced accordingly. Now - if you walked into a movie theatre and bought a "small" popcorn at a price of $4.75, exactly how much popcorn would you expect to be in it knowing that…