Stephen Hawking says we should get our asses into outer space fast. But like… why should I listen to the smartest theoretical physicist since Einstein? I do what I want. Well, I won’t be able to do what I want when I come back next lifetime as a mouse or mouse dung fungus. And that’ll suck for not-so-badass-anymore me. ’cause Hawking insists we can’t live on earth indefinitely – not.. Read More
Dark side of the moon
I wasn’t always geekcited about sciency stuff. Had I heard you talk about the moon’s dark side back in high school, I probably would have thought you meant the Pink Floyd album. Now that I’m older, I obviously know better and fully understand that’s its cruel secret side that comes home and kicks the cat before beating the children. But what that very insightful information still doesn’t answer is why.. Read More
Science is racist against my eyeballs.
A University of Pittsburgh study done recently is aiming to show evidence that eye color affects our health. According to their work, some of us kick life’s ass better ’cause of our eye color. For example, caucasian ladies with light shaded peepers tolerated pain and distress better – including the anxiety before, during, and after birth. One lecturer commented on the study, saying: ‘What we know now is that eye.. Read More
We can be frozen like Fry?
Hey, guys! Guess what? Science can freeze you into suspended animation state! When I heard this, I got really excited about settling into a windowed capsule and waiting for enough time to pass that I could come out the other end minus one family and plus one Sapphic relationship with a purple haired Cyclops. But, my dog’s totally coming with. (Paid too much money for your surgery to let you.. Read More
Quake-station: avert death from your desk.
What’s shakin’, California? Hopefully not the earth underneath your feet on this fine Saturday. But I know that’s a thing that tends to happen there, so this story’s for you. Occasionally, I’ll get little messages from you west coast buddies after a quake. Some of you are wearing helmets. Some rock hockey masks. Others hide under their covers. (Obviously, the last one’s the safest – if you can’t see it.. Read More
“Being with child” is viral, says science
Hey lady moms! Is your life giving quality just your nether-cat being a copy-cat? Hey, don’t shoot those laser eyes at me, I’m just reporting what science has to say about this. In a study published in the American Sociological review, indeed it seems that the manifestation of life by the vaj is ultra viral. In the internet sense of the term, at least. The idea is that if you’re.. Read More
Hurricane names: can being a sexist kill you?
My first hurricane experience came after I moved to New Orleans. I remember thinking two things: 1. This is magnificent (as I jogged down the trolley tracks of St. Charles against the violent shoving wall of wind, pelted by shards of rain, and seeing furling black clouds rolling toward me like oceanic waves of ebony gas) and 2. This is stupid! No, I don’t mean running in a hurricane is.. Read More
Eat rat sh*t and die(t)
Well, that’s special. Some recent studies where lab rats ate eachother’s butt fudge might just reveal why America’s so effing fat. What it comes down to, essentially, is our belly microbes – and how diverse they are. It’s said that variety’s the spice of life. And it’s apparently also the key to staying lean when it comes to your tummy and the creatures living in it. Pretty much, they took.. Read More
Can bloodshed help your sight?
Got bad vision? Why not hone those homicidal skills god gave you? With video games? That’s right. Video games are apparently the way to go if your vision’s going. But not just any one will do. The first person shooter game “Medal of Honor” has apparently passed both the wandering eye and cataract test. Between the “back and forth” motion your optical muscles are required to do – to the.. Read More
Nommin’ on bee vomit
When I tried (and failed) to become full on vegan, honey was one of the last things I realized was on the list of their commandments. Upon my excommunication, I came to learn it was ‘cause they do work to make it (the bees – not the vegans). So, as a card carrier of the dietary elite, you’re not allowed to eat honey: not with tea, not in your bread,.. Read More