Showing All "Science" Posts
Nov 22nd, 2011 46 Comments
Duh Aficionado magazine got SCOOPED this morning, by an article in the LA Times headlined Gender inequality still has a starring role in Hollywood, USC study finds. Oh man, OF COURSE IT DOES! We…   Read Story »
Oct 27th, 2011 16 Comments
Oh, the hoverboard. Sometimes I almost wonder would it not be better had Back to the Future 2 never been made? In some multiverse existence Steven Spielberg has never offered us this poison pill, and…   Read Story »
Oct 11th, 2011 46 Comments
In his new book, Richard Dawkins debunks the myth that Bill O'Reilly ISN'T a huge asshole. (BANG! BIG BANG!)   Read Story »
Sep 30th, 2011 65 Comments
Oh, jeeze. Are you watching this at work? I'm sorry if you're watching this at work. (Thanks for the tip, R2D2 Esq.)   Read Story »
Sep 23rd, 2011 17 Comments
Uhhhh, soooo, this is absolutely crazy? By using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) software, researchers at UC Berkley have basically created a way for us to eventually watch our dreams…   Read Story »
Sep 20th, 2011 18 Comments
It's about magic versus reality, and here he is talking about it. I hope Ricky Gervais's parents give it to him for his birthday and it teaches him how to be a less annoying atheist.   Read Story »
Aug 16th, 2011 33 Comments
A group of scientists in Australia has published their findings (via Vulture) linking television watching with shortened life spans. Yikes! But we love TV! If this is true it will be the first time…   Read Story »
Aug 5th, 2011 26 Comments
Seth MacFarlane is bringing back Carl Sagan's PBS series Cosmos in a new form to FOX in primetime? Great. I guess human beings really are complicated and fascinating and you can never truly know what…   Read Story »
Jul 29th, 2011 84 Comments
One time when I was in college (you are impressed) I was walking with a friend who I had known for three years, and somehow the topic of global warming came up. And he started talking about how he…   Read Story »
Jul 28th, 2011 91 Comments
In 1995, two scientists named Robert Levenson and James Gross published a list, based on seven years of research, of the sixteen scenes in movies that are mostly likely to elicit specific emotional…   Read Story »


























