I wasn't going to do any posting tod- ... tonight except for one but when I saw this story I had to post about. Lab yeast make evolutionary leap to multicellularity IN JUST a few weeks single-celled yeast have evolved into a multicellular organism, complete with division of labour between cells. This suggests that the [...]

Wolf 359, yeah I remember that. I'm lucky to have survived really. Yeah I was there, this was before I got kicked out of Star Fleet for violating the prime directive. What wrong with getting a little pussy by claiming you're a love god?

I missed two days so you get three.

Expelled on the block? Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed — the 2008 creationist propaganda movie fronted by Ben Stein — is scheduled to be auctioned, lock, stock, and barrel, pursuant to the bankruptcy proceeding of Premise Media Holdings LP. According to a document (PDF) filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of [...]

Ahh! Its coming right at us! Run for the hills! Get as high as you can so the radiation will give us mutant powers! I hope I get the power to stretch. ... No! Not for that reason, I uh, I um. I just want to be able to grab things that are far away. [...]

French government agency warns of mass suicides over apocalypse fears A report by the watchdog, Miviludes, published on Wednesday said the picturesque village near Carcassonne should be monitored in the run-up to December 21, 2012, when many believe the world will end according to an ancient Mayan prophecy. *sigh* As we get closer to December [...]

Found at Unreasonable Faith

The Monty Hall Problem comes from the game show Let's Make a Deal which was hosted by Monty Hall. On the show the contestants had to choose between three doors, behind one was a car and behind the other two were goats. Once the contestant chose a door Monty Hall would open one of the [...]