Scientists at the LARGE PARTICLE COLLIDER have announced that the 17 mile long, magnetically charged tube is ready to launch any sufficiently bulky objects down the accelerator, toward impact with one another. Theoretical Geophysicists around the globe are especially interested to see the results of what the fuck happens when you fling two rocks at [...]

There’s an interesting column about Megan Fox on Jezebel (which is itself about an article in the New York Times Magazine). In it, the writer ponders the concern Fox’s team has about her appeal with women, and offers a few explanations as to why that appeal may be non-existent. But there’s really no mystery here. [...]

Welcome to the greatest late night astronomy interstitial ever to air on PBS ever. EVER. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1agu2ETbbJ8]

Generally speaking, the best argument in favor of gay marriage is that it is, quite simply, a 14th Amendment issue. Gay people are deserving of equal protection under the law, i.e. the same rights as anyone else. A lot of socially-conservative people won’t even argue that they don’t want gay people to have mostly equal [...]