Sheldon has a point

Simian Robot Climbs and Rolls to Prep for Challenge

http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/simian-robot-climbs-and-rolls-to-prep-for-challenge-150527.htm

 I love the line, "Discretion is advised for anyone with robot revolution paranoia issues."

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Mmmmmmmm. Maggots.

from Nature.com

"Eat insects for fun, not to help the environment"

http://www.nature.com/news/eat-insects-for-fun-not-to-help-the-environment-1.17630

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You keep using the word "Fun."

I do not think it means what you think it means.

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LOL

 

 

Thought for Today... on Perfection

 

"More than 3 million parts, making up 700,000 components, were contained in a single Saturn V [rocket]."

http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/milestones/chpt7.pdf

So, if 99.99% of those parts worked perfectly ... there would still be 300 parts that could fail.

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Ride, Sally, Ride

McSweeney : Kafka’s Joke Book.

 

What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?

Nothing after Albert's inexplicable transformation. Every breath was agony.

more at
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/kafkas-joke-book

: xkcd on the Placebo Effect

 

 

FW: Lab Safety

 

http://www.zazzle.com/screw_your_lab_safety_i_want_superpowers_shirt-235572200814048105

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Work flow

 

Will Eisner’s art helped American troops survive

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-u-s-army-had-an-m-16-comic-book-12c6542cd850

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Here's the story

 

Fifty-one year old man sneezes out childhood toy

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-32710540

Too bad it wasn't a train.

The headline could have read "Choo-Choo Achoo!"

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I'm into Fitness

Biology FTW !

 

 

A quite compelling argument for the Oxford Comma

 

A fine Internet Rule

POE'S LAW: 

Without an obvious indication of sarcasm, an extremist and a parody extremist are indistinguishable.

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Physics essay - FTW

 

Obit for a Local Legend

 

Frank Olivo, 66, substitute Santa hit with snowballs at Eagles game

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150501_Frank_Olivo__66__substitute_Santa_hit_with_snowballs_at_Eagles_game.html

F Ptak Science Books - photo archives as well

from my friend Mitch:

F Ptak Science Books

http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/

F Ptak Science Books began in 1983 and operated an open shop in 

Georgetown, Washington D.C. from 1985-2002. From 2003-2009 we 

operated a fine antique map and print store in the heart of the mountain 

city of Asheville, North Carolina; from 2009 to now all of our business has 

been conducted online. We specialize in unusual, rare and unique material 

in the sciences and the history of science, with strong concentrations in 

quantum theory, astrophysics, atomic physics, computer science and 

thermodynamics. 

Also of principle interest are the developing years of new 

fields of science and technology--the telephone to 1890, computer science 

to 1955, telegraphy to 1870, automobiles to 1900, powered heavier-than-air 

flight to 1920, space flight to 1962, and so on.

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: Messenger's Mercury trip ends with a bang, and silence

 

Nasa's Messenger mission to Mercury has reached its explosive conclusion, after 10 years in space and four in orbit.

Now fully out of fuel, the spacecraft smashed into a region near Mercury's north pole, out of sight from Earth, at about 20:00 GMT on Thursday.

Mission scientists confirmed the impact minutes later, when the craft's next possible communication pass was silent.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32542646

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And what's this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! That's it! Ground! Ha! 

... I wonder if it'll be friends with me? 

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