Winter is (Eventually) Coming: A Game of Thrones Fan Theory | Vol. 3 / No. 30.2
Ringworld | Photo: Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0 I’m not the biggest fan of Game of Thrones. I say this based purely on the fact that I haven’t made the time to catch up on any […]
Month: May 2016
Optical Illusions | Vol. 3 / No. 30.1
Are there really only three colours in this picture? | Image: Akiyoshi Kitaoka So yesterday I stumbled across this post over at Mental Floss. It’s basically saying that, in the illusion image above, a piece […]
SpaceX Lands Again, BEAM Inflates, and Google Beats Oracle (For Now) | Vol. 3 / No. 30
Photo: SpaceX Three (or Four) In A Row! SpaceX is going to have to watch out, because at this point they might be making it look too easy. On Friday evening (EDT) the company followed […]
On Not Inviting Theologians To Science Conferences | Vol. 3 / No. 29.5
They’d be like these, but standardized | Photo: Joseph Elsbernd, CC BY-SA 2.0 Elle is off this week (sorry!) so I’m filling in with a not-Feminist Friday post because something caught my mayfly-lifespan of an attention span […]
On Robots and the Minimum Wage | Vol. 3 / No. 29.4
Don’t blame the robo-arms, Ed, you’re just cheap | Photo: Ryan Somma, CC BY 2.0 *** According to a recent article at Ars Technica, Ed Rensi, former CEO of McDonalds Corporation, thinks a $15 minimum […]
Lightsail 2’s “Day-In-The-Life” Test Was A Success | Vol. 3 / No. 29.3
Like this, but in California | Photo: The Planetary Society, CC-BY-NC 3.0 *** Yesterday, May 24, the Lightsail team over at the Planetary Society passed a major milestone. Lightsail 2 passed its “Day-In-The-Life” test. Last […]
That New NOF Dietary “Report” | Vol. 3 / No. 29.2
Well, that’s *a* food pyramid… triangle… thing | Photo: bigbrand, CC BY 2.0 There’s a kerfuffle in the UK about a recent “report” on diet recommendations. Here’s what that’s all about. *** The UK’s National […]
Sweigart Report: David Avocado Wolfe on Gravity | Vol. 3 / No. 29.1
Never trust a man named Avocado | Photo: Jennifer, CC BY 2.0 *** David Avocado Wolfe is, well, I don’t know what he is. But essentially nothing that comes out of his mouth bears any […]
Seeing Added Sugar, (Still) Safe GMOs, and CBS Seeing the Light Over Axanar | Vol. 3 / No. 29
Photo: Daniel Novta, CC BY 2.0 Seeing Added Sugar It’s been eighteen months since John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight did their segment highlighting the problem of added sugar in western foods, but as of this […]
Can I Just Buy Some Clothes, Please? | Vol. 3 / No. 28.5
Ooh, ooh! Is that a 16 in the back? | Photo: “Dress Forms,” web4camguy, CC BY-SA 2.0 *** When I’m shopping for something, I have a trick. Well it’s not so much a trick, as […]