Today, I spent a while in my front yard shoveling the foot or so (let’s use 3 decimeters…that sounds much cooler) snow out of my driveway. As I was LOLing at my neighbors who were all stuck in snow drifts because it is apparently against the law to plow my street, I started to think […]
“Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge…”
I have been watching a brilliant show produced by the BBC called “Wonders of Life”, a 5-part series about the origins and functionality of life, narrated by Dr. Brian Cox, whose mouth my wife takes issue with. As you can imagine, the program starts with a description, using the current scientific wisdom, of the beginning […]
Heavy Metal
As you may have seen, scientists have now confirmed the existence of element 115, temporarily (and amusingly) named ununpentium. If you haven’t heard, which wouldn’t be surprising since it doesn’t involve twerking, socialism, gun control/violence, or chemical weapons, then behold this article to find out more. It’s not at all surprising that 115 exists. After […]