Humor

Calculating Needed Thanksgiving Effort

Last week while baking muffins with my son's preschool class, I set fire to the school. Okay, technically I didn't set it on fire —it was only butter smoke from the tin that set off the alarm, necessitating the entire school of a couple hundred ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Nov 23 2010 - 5:44pm

Anime-ika

Did you know about the anime Squid Girl? Apparently it came in third in the 2010 "Net Buzzword Awards," a competition that was heretofore unknown to me. ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Dec 3 2010 - 4:27pm

Test Article

This should not go out in anything but my own personal feed. Please let that work?:D:D:D ...

Blog Post - Test Account - Dec 8 2010 - 8:15pm

Awesome New Dinosaur Species!

Paleontologists recently unearthed bones, likely in Montana or Wyoming, of a new dinosaur species dubbed Stochastisaurus. "Based on surrounding species and the fossils themselves, there's an approximately 88% chance that Stochastisaurus was an he ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Dec 11 2010 - 12:38pm

A Modern Xmas Story: He Went and Dug the Shit Hole

It is that time of the year, the season, and a good excuse to contribute with something that can be at most only very loosely connected with science. These happenings unfolded around this time of year, and it involves all the makings of a good Xmas story: ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Sep 23 2016 - 3:34am

Did I stutter?

Record setting year for highs and lows- global warming doesn't just mean hot, people. H/t Toothpaste for Dinner ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 3 2011 - 1:28pm

Debt And Revolution: Fed Save Us All

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Article - Ed Chen - Jan 17 2011 - 9:54pm

Science chuckle for the day

A few science-related chuckles for the day... This is how professors should talk... For all of you new parents out there... Technology lets us exist in the winter, even today when the temp is about-30 degrees F in Minnesota... ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 21 2011 - 6:47pm

Lady Gaga Feels Your Pain

If you've ever been a grad student, post-doc, or a research assistant, surely there have been days when you thought, "This is the worst research project on the planet. Is this really science? Does anyone else see how crazy this is? Am I the only ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Jan 23 2011 - 6:57pm

Spartans At Agincourt: Writing Proposals

I've been busy with proposal work instead of Calliope.  I have to fund this satellite somehow, and earning money writing corporate proposals is enjoyable work.  Proposal writing is also a strange world. Whether for business, for government, or for gra ...

Article - Project Calliope - Feb 2 2011 - 9:56am