Thoughts on various scientific items stumbled across; a critic’s take on new discoveries; a civilian’s view of what it might mean.
Scientists discover what they believe is the oldest fossil penis yet. Fascinating stuff. “The whole animal is amazing,” Professor Siveter added. “We have got something we could only dream about.” Not sure how I feel about that statement though… Who dreams about multi-millionio-genarian penises…?
It’s almost painful how backwards and totally illogical some scientists can be. “These findings may help us understand the sites of action of the medications used to treat ADHD, particularly stimulant medications[…]” sites of action of the medications … ?? How is that helping you to understand the “illness” or what’s behind the so-called illness […]
If you haven’t seen it already, The Elegant Universe is a dope redux of some theoretical physics. A little too “TV” at times … and won’t answer all your questions … but neat just the same.
Just. Plain. Weird. Its head appears too small for its body and it looks more like a squat, grumpy blob than a living creature.
Fuck your brains out kids! Apparently, it’ll do you a world of good. (Pardon the pun.)
Please, use your quote-marks liberally when analyzing hormone therapies as a birth control method: Once the treatment was stopped, normal fertility levels returned within a few months. Right. And the long-term effects of this method…?
This one’s for you, Mark G.: Archaeology has never been a wealthy discipline, but by borrowing tools developed for more well-endowed professions, archaeologists are developing X-ray vision–or, to be precise, infra-red, microwave and magnetic vision, which are even better.
Has something every been just so weird that you were just in awe over how truly bizarre it was? So bizarre that you just couldn’t help but… Well, “fascinated” isn’t the right word, but it’s the first word that comes to mind: “It is concluded that the mallards were engaged in an “Attempted Rape Flight” […]
Schrödinger’s cat comes closer. I love this stuff. Now if only I could understand it. Or is that one of those taoist paradoxes?
I mean, I guess we’re not an endangered species yet but somehow this doesn’t seem surprising given that the Y-chromosome and male-ism is essentially a mutation anyway. For what it’s worth: Long Live The Mutants!