Showing All "Science" Posts

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 »
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 »
In his new book, Richard Dawkins debunks the myth that Bill O'Reilly ISN'T a huge asshole. (BANG! BIG BANG!)   Read Story »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »