If anybody’s looking for exceptions to rather than examples of the rule, Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic The Left Hand of Darkness is an excellent example of an exception to #2 (the homogenous race). There are multiple nations, religions, and cultures. One of the two narrators is a native, and the other, non-native…

For those wondering about brands, I’ve personally always liked Natrapel, which smells good and works well, even in the Adirondacks during springtime.

For fellow writers:

I store compost in the freezer, but that’s fairly obvious. I also store any packaging that held meat in the freezer until it’s time to take the garbage out. That way, it won’t stink up my whole kitchen for days. Also: Bread, butter, bananas, peaches, and some other fresh fruit.

What about the Honda Insight, Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, and Toyota Camry Hybrid? Aren’t those all “normal-looking” hybrids that average more than 50 mpg? I’m just wondering whether the Corolla Hybrid is as game-changing as you say it is. Do those three look weird to you? 

Because we have never seen the surface of an asteroid in such granular detail before, and beyond their enormous scientific value, such detailed photos instill a sense of wonder into those who have the patience and curiosity to really think about what they’re looking at, and the fact that it exists, out there, right…

Asteroids are remnants of our solar system’s formation. They are the raw materials from which the earth and other rocky planets and moons were made over eons of steady accretion. We are living in the golden age of astronomy, and only in the past few years have we been able to see comets and asteroids up close (not to…

Yeah, it’s fascinating, isn’t it? Other people replying already explained the technicalities better than I could, but the important principle is that everything with mass exerts a gravitational pull. The computer in front of you (or the cat asleep on the couch) has a stronger gravitational pull on you than does, say,…

YOU FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD:

It’s odd that any scientist would say “I haven’t seen any evidence disproving ______” and expect that statement to be taken as evidence of what he’s claiming. That’s like a scientist saying “I haven’t seen any evidence disproving the existence of God, therefore He must exist!”—except in this case, of course, he’s…

Does making an anonymous Instagram, Tumblr, or Kinja account involve using an anonymous email address, too? Can people on those platforms look at your profile and figure out who it is? Or does it just involve creating anonymous usernames and bypassing all prompts to link to your other social media accounts?

I had a similar love affair with Jurassic Park, which is why I’m dying a little bit inside watching trailers for the new movie.

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I don’t even like driving. I just read your columns for the giggles. Damn good writing.

You can’t cite cherrypicked NASA articles from OCTOBER 2015 to contradict present-day science. That was two years before the largest icebergs ever observed broke off. You can use Google to find any number of NASA.gov articles from the past decade discussing rising sea levels. How stupid are you?

“or a more obscure title like A Farewell to Arms”

I was surprised that a few of these scientists said that they don’t expect that Enceladus could harbor any lifeforms more complex than single-celled bacteria—that its waters are too cold. Bummer.

So the first things that hit your tastebuds are lettuce, onion, and tomato? THAT is dumb. It wouldn’t feel right eating a burger without that foundation of beef and cheese with condiments and veggies on top.

How obliviously privileged are you? Oh wait—you wouldn’t know.