And now I "must" watch it...

What movie/show is this?

Because the air was so much thicker, the early ancestors of dragonflies evolved to have wingspans that were sometimes as much as 2 or 3 feet wide.

I'll be the annoying pedant who points out that scorpions are not insects. :)

Aaaaand now there's coffee sprayed all over my monitor.

While it is not a "thinker" book per se, the rock-solid science is a crucial part of the story.

Have heard the same from my doctor.

It makes sense in context. There are plenty of people who can't wrap their heads around the fact that space exploration has been and continues to be an immensely beneficial investment for humanity.

Notwithstanding whether she lacked the skills or not, in this type of plane flying with a navigator or other person makes a lot of sense. Nothing is automated and the engine-out characteristics are dodgy. The workload tends to be rather high in critical phases and there's not a lot of bandwidth to deal with charts and…

Marvel movie mastermind Kevin Feige reveals: "Events of the whole cinematic universe will make all governments in the world want regulation. Not so much about secret identity, but about who reports to who."

Still one of my favorite magazine covers.

the fearsome flying speedboats of death, the Bavar 2 ("confidence"). This fleet of periwinkle-colored seaplanes each boasted a machine gun and a camera.

You can see on the stopwatch that it says 1/100S. The measure used is centiseconds.

The idea that not vaccinating does not affect people outside the immediate family is a fallacy. There are people who cannot get some vaccines, for example some organ donation recipients. They are protected by herd immunity as long as almost everyone else is vaccinated. By not vaccinating themselves and their families,…

Living in a country with a modern public health system, financed by the wealth of a modern country, makes dying of Ebola several orders of magnitude less likely than living in a poor country.

Thanks for your interesting insight.

Interesting correlation. Perhaps that warrants a scientific study. ;)

Apple and oranges. Liberia is a country with a per capita GDP of $454, compared to the USA figure of $54142. That figure alone tells you the difference in resources available to contain a disease such as Ebola. Three factors in particular are critical in Liberia's case, and I suppose any other predominantly poor…