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Here are a selection of television and movie clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation assembled to seem very naughty and fairly funny, in a frat-boy way. Probably not safe for work. by … Continue reading
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This is an actual an educational video, based on the song “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani, that teaches some interesting history about the Black Plague, the horrifically deadly pandemic that wiped out about a third of Europe’s population in the … Continue reading
Many years ago I would look at pictures of the Andromeda galaxy (such as the one above) and lament that the Earth isn’t closer to something like that, so we could enjoy its spectacular beauty in our night sky. Then … Continue reading
According to a report released November 12 by the International Energy Agency (see also this New York Times article), the United States is projected to pass Russia as the word’s top producer of natural gas by 2015. (The International Energy … Continue reading
Here’s a striking graphic comparing 2011 U.S. spending on national defense versus scientific and medical research. As a bonus, the combined total budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration over the entirety of its existence — from its creation … Continue reading
In case you missed it, the BBC has lately been under attack both for covering up child sex abuse by a now-deceased and widely honored star of children’s programming and for a false charge of child abuse against a political … Continue reading
Back in 1933 Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer published a science fiction novel titled When Worlds Collide about a loose planet (actually a pair of them) wandering into our solar system. (George Pal produced a film version in 1951) The … Continue reading
Here’s the Delta safety briefing video famous for the strikingly attractive real-life Delta flight attendant who stars in it. But this version has has been re-dubbed in the style of Bad Lip Reading or Day Job Orchestra so that the … Continue reading
I’ve long been a fan of ElectoralVote.com and the usually intelligent commentary from the quasi-anonymous “Votemaster” behind it. But an item in the November 15 edition contained the following assertion: (Actually, the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t free any slaves because there … Continue reading
In case you’re one of the few people who hasn’t seen this yet, U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney visited the White House Thursday and posed with President Obama doing the “not impressed” face made famous by a still photo of … Continue reading