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The Say Of The Week

Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen; soccer is a gentleman's game played by beasts; football is a beastly game played by beasts. Henry Blaha ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Oct 30 2010 - 4:16am

Learn Molecular Biology the "Jersey Shore" Way

If you aren't familiar with the cultural lowest common denominator that is the faux reality show "Jersey Shore", well, you are lucky.    It follows the travails of some truly idiotic youngish (and pudgy) people as they drink and fight their ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 4 2010 - 6:11pm

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