Were all of these dumpees completely blindsided by the break, or did they see it coming? Was that touched upon at all?

I think it helps to stop viewing life as something special or unique. I feel as though much of science still considers “Life” as a sort of mystical phenomena that is in some way unique from the rest of the universe. There’s “organic matter,” and there’s “inorganic matter,” and the former is somehow more special than…

This seems related.

I don’t think all undermining should be approached as a negative, or an attack.

If this were an HIV vaccine instead of an HPV vaccine - and yes, I know it’s unlikely that an HIV vaccine would operate on a similar schedule - I wonder if it’d have more political support.

There’s a better, more pro-social way to go about this. Cheaper, too. Trolls would basically recruit themselves. And this is a rare situation where (much of) Anonymous and the US Government would find themselves on the same side.

This is great because it combines the exhilaration of skydiving or playing in traffic with the barbaric and unnecessary cruelty of a dogfight.

Decision seems largely to be based on this.

After that devastating disclosure, The ENQUIRER set out to acquire DNA samples from Chelsea and Webb

“I don’t believe in coincidences,” Mikulski said

Actually, the surgeon general says it’s a healthier way to eat/defecate. Don’t be such a luddite.

While the book’s subject is epic, covering the devastation of an entire country (and, by implication, an entire world), its perspective is, intentionally or not, limited to a very specific straight white male viewpoint. The older I get, the more I notice this, and the more I see how those limitations shape the…

Don’t worry...scientists HATE this ONE EASY TRICK to kill alpha particles and free radicals...it involves kale, and I’ll need your credit card number before I share it with you.

This is significantly better than anything I am currently capable of producing. I’m equal parts impressed and embarrassed...

Big cat, small kid.

Here is a cat named Huck Finn. He is a therapy cat.

...what?

Paradoxically, though, MX could answer questions that would seem to require a working mind’s eye. He could tell the scientists the color of Tony Blair’s eyes, for example, and name the letters of the alphabet that have low-hanging tails, like g and j. These tests suggested his brain used some alternate strategy to…

I don’t get why people are so worked up. This is no more or less useful, and no more or less silly, than the Adequate Man articles on how not to be an asshole at a concert or how to kick ass at karaoke: If you’re not interested in the subject as a form of entertainment or (on occasion) a source of useful information,…