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more about #whatweneedmoreofisscience more comments → Spirit Fingers: [ redacted because I can never talk about moon travel seriously. ] more » nikralm17: Great picture of Jay Leno! #space more » Mrs. Beeton: The moon will slam into the earth in 2012, drowning us all in moonwater. #space more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: There is water under the ocean. #space more » fuckingoldman: They don't care about finding drinking water on the moon, NASA already figured out how astronauts can drink their own piss. They hoped to find water s... more » jparrish003: “By 1964, experts say man will have established twelve colonies on the moon, ideal for family vacations.” more » Adah: Must we jump to conclusions? This is only going to encourage Moon War hawks. #space more » NightElfMohawk: Ahhh!! Mac Tonight was the beast of many a childhood nightmare! #space more » MissNormaDesmond: I love that the judge in Louisiana who won't marry interracial couples can now be the poster boy for Not-a-Racists. Do you get it, people? That guy ... more » Mediahohoho: Well, I mean, come on. He is the Anti-Christ. Does it really matter what race he is? #polls more » Tzepish: It's hard to come up with an explanation that *isn't* race when describing the far-right's ideas and reactions to President Obama. They literally thi... more » lostarchitect: I get a kick out of how, in these people's minds, liberals are huge, ineffectual pussies who won't stand up for America, and yet liberals are also psy... more » quotidian: For all the intricacies of your argument, you are still saying one cannot be vociferously opposed to most of Obama's policies (which are those of Pelo... more » flossy: Why would you add the (Communist?) goatee and a flag pin? #polls more » Unsolicited Advice: Thanks for the shout to the Conservative-leaning independents! We can't talk about race because it's day-1 ingrained in our heads at school that Raci... more » -
#moonnews
Water! Moon! There Is Water on the Moon!
Bombing the moon worked! NASA found water! Now we must blow it up entirely to see if there is life. More » -
#studies
Study: Conservatives Live In Fun Alternate Reality
When reporting on things said and done by the incredibly vocal minority of angry white people who make up the Republican base, one should always remember that their "reality" is different from ours. James Carville has proven this, with science! More » -
#health
Smokers Will Die Broker
Scientists have now produced overwhelming evidence that bans on smoking lead to a healthier, less dead population. What does this mean for you and your typically unhealthy creative underclass lifestyle? It means it's time to pay for your sins. More » -
#studies
Science: Learning to juggle improves your brain. But probably not your sex life.
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#armageddon
The Terrorists Have Infiltrated Earth-Destroying Science Project
A physicist at CERN, the lab that is building the Large Hadron Collider—which will destroy the planet by igniting a black hole and catapulting us into an alternate dimension—has been arrested in France on suspicion of Al-Qaeda ties. -
#academia
Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
For no rational reason, at all, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has introduced an amendment to ban the National Science Foundation from funding any and all political science research. Just poli sci. That's it. He hates it! More » -
#shutupscience
Scariest Science News You'll Read This Morning
"While daily bathroom showers provide invigorating relief and a good cleansing for millions of Americans, they also can deliver a face full of potentially pathogenic bacteria..." [Science Daily] -
#art
Either Pigeons Are Brilliant or Art Critics Are Idiots
Pigeons might not be able to tell you what good art is, but they do know it when they see it, according to a Japanese psychologist who trains avian critics. More » -
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#headcases
Forget Greed, It's Guilt That's Good
People often talk trash about guilt. For example, one might say, "Oh, you know me and my Jewish guilt." Well, such people should be happy they have such a thing, for it stops them from becoming unruly maniacs.... More » -
#science
Your Friday Scientific News Dump
Science: Summer heat makes people violent. Alcoholics use summertime as an excuse to drink. Evolution makes us see monsters everywhere. There really are glowing green monsters in the ocean. Arguing gives kids headaches. Social rejection hurts physically. Science! -
#death
Candles Give You Cancer
It is time to ban candle-burning in restaurants, bars, hospitals, and other workplaces: they give you cancer. Experts have proven it with science! More » -
#drugs
Science: Heroin Cures Heroin Addiction
Scientists who were definitely All Fucked Up have found the long-sought treatment that soothes troubled heroin addicts: Heroin.
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#science
Scientist Thinks He's Better Than You Cause You Drink, Is That It?
Wet-brained scientists have discovered that long-term alcoholics may misread the emotional cues that people project with their facial expressions. And how! More » -
#science
Bizarre Sleepless Miracle People Explained
Scientists have finally pinned down the gene mutation that allows two peculiar superhuman women to function on a mere 6.5 hours of sleep per night. One day that could be you! [NYT] -
#science
Time: Going to the Gym Will Not Make You Less Fat
Ready to start the week off on a down note? Yes?! Well, consider this: all of that time and money you invest in gym memberships and personal trainers may actually be useless in regards to losing weight/staying slim!
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#science
Gay Conversions Don't Work, Says Shocking New Study
The gays! They're out there, being painfully gay, and this offends some folks, including some of the very gays who're out there being gay! For this reason, some gays attempt to convert to straightdom, which science now says is ridiculous. More » -
#mentalhealth
Victorian Psychiatrists Upset at Wikipedia Exposing Their Voodoo Secrets
Apparently, mind-doctors are still using the Rorschach Test to diagnose the vapors, hysteria, and brain disequilibrium in their patients. And they're hopping mad, because Wikipedia has published the answers. More » -
#science
America's Health Care Plan: Bacon Gum
Actual chewing gum scientists have determined that chewing is good for you! But only the chewing of gum. Non-gum scientists have determined that people chewing too much bacon are breaking our health care system. More » -
#fitness
Extreme Dieting Prolongs Your Miserable Life, Say Donut-Munching Scientists
After torturing rhesus monkeys for decades with extremely low-calorie diets, scientists have finally proven that eating less can help primates (you) live longer. And the United States of America has proven that eating more kills you quick. Related: Donut Wars!! More » -
#science
College Kids All Racist In Their Own Special Ways
College: where drunk kids are guinea pigs for social science. The funnest college-kid studies involve race, because they make everyone uncomfortable! Now comes a new study of interracial college roommates that proves we're all terrible. A racial breakdown:
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