Hey, could we please…
…do something about this? It seems a lot more imminent than global warming. Plus, it’s supposedly a relatively simple and not-too-expensive fix.
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Airline food: it’s the altitude, stupid
So now they’re saying that airline meals taste as bad as they do because at high altitudes people’s tastebuds go numb: No matter what it is””fish, chicken, even pasta””every meal served in the air seems to taste undeniably worse than … Continue reading →
Planet resembling earth found
Is Kepler-186f The One? At 490 light-years away, we may never know: “This is the first definitive Earth-sized planet found in the habitable zone around another star,” said Elisa Quintana of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute at NASA. … Continue reading →
After nearly a quarter century of global warming worry…
…it seems we’re about where we began: If you look at the chart, you’ll see that, so far, worry about global warming peaked around 2000 and again in the years 2006-2008. I’m not sure what was happening in 2000 (Al … Continue reading →
Don’t tell a worrier to stop worrying
It will only make things worse. And they’re likely to get mad at you in the process. I’ll bet all you non-worriers have done it to the worriers in your life: told them the equivalent of “Just stop it. It … Continue reading →
Dust in the wind
At least we in the US don’t have to deal with this: When soggy, green Northern Ireland gets coated by red, Saharan dust, the locals get slightly perturbed. The dust is being pumped northward into the United Kingdom as winds … Continue reading →
“Some” contraception
This piece by Margaret Carlson is disingenuous and/or purposely misleading in so many ways it’s hard to choose one to highlight, but I’ll deal with one of the simplest: it discusses the Hobby Lobby case without once mentioning that the … Continue reading →
The war on smokers reaches a new level
First we had the hazards of smoking itself. They are real and well-documented, but affect only the smoker, who can sometimes be persuaded to quit after learning about the dangers but sometimes chooses to continue the habit. Then there were … Continue reading →
Dino-chick
Not a pretty sight, except to another oviraptorosaur, is this newly-discovered species called Anzu wyliei: Eleven feet tall and 500 pounds in weight, looks like a chicken but acts like a dinosaur. With its toothless beak, long legs, huge feet, … Continue reading →
Flight 370 and the limits
The search for Flight 370 “has exposed the technological limits of satellites” which can see the globe but are not designed to hone in on every section of it equally. Understandably, they concentrate their strongest attention on parts of the … Continue reading →
Mind-blowing: gravity waves
I’m not going to tackle this one, because Ace has done a better job than I would have. I think. I’m not sure, because I really don’t understand it, and neither (he says) does he. Or most people on earth, … Continue reading →
This news…
…may render you speechless. But it won’t render your dog speechless. Au contraire.
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