Be aware that there's more than one flavor of photovoltaic cell. Typical ones are macroelectronic devices with efficiencies under 20%, costing in the neighborhood of dollars per watt. Satellites and other circumstances where mass is itself inherently expensive use microelectronic cells with far higher efficiencies,…
There were hints of Neville's badassdom from the very start, when he stood up to Harry, Hermione, and Ron in the first book before they went down the hatch. One of my all time favorite scenes is Dumbledore giving him a shout out for his bravery against his friends.
Dammit YOU BEAT ME TO IT.
Waiting for weaponization...
Obligatory We3 citation:
Here's a little practical evil for the holidays. Does someone want something expensive? Get them the cheap…
Badass Digest says that Doomsday will definitely appear in Dawn of Justice
This is it. It's not some fictitious number pulled out of a hat or a percentage of your current earnings. It is "what are your expenses going to be when you're done working?"
It's official: AMC has ordered a Preacher pilot. It seemed more than likely when AMC ordered a script from Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, but this means that, if all goes well, we could see the show on TV in 2015. Rogan and Goldberg will produce the series, and Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad) will be showrunner. [Deadline]
Holy Bat-ception, Batman! Apparently Batman Returns was going to originally feature this store - a merchandising…
Most disturbingly absent: Dr. Strangelove, which still hits the nail on the head 50 years later.
Maybe there's no such thing as a perfect movie. It's usually enough of a miracle that a movie gets made. But every…
A lot of people use Slinkies to introduce kids to waves. But Slinky waves can move too fast for people to really…
I'm not opposed as yet...still holding out hope. Also not going to be surprised if it fails spectacularly...
I thought at the time that it was an excellent movie, and Hugo Weaving creates a better character with his voice alone than many actors can with facial expressions and the whole nine yards - IMHO he should have won an award for it.
Biologist Forrest Galante was diving for lobsters off the coast of Anacapa Island, California, when he found this…
And that rug really tied your room together.
I am personally very fond of Flowers for Algernon. Though it's technically a short story, I feel it deserves to be at least mentioned.
Holy hell, a whole lot of star power just signed on to make Warner Bros. Suicide Squad movie. Will Smith, Tom…
This consistency suggests some advantage to being left-handed, otherwise evolution would have done away with it.
