Figure 1. Dr. Manhattan working to isolate a "gluino." “…and he’s American” (IV.13).  His backstory comes straight out of a Marvel comic, a company famous for its heroes who are made so by exposure to some form of atomic energy.  He begins life as Jon Osterman, a ...

  Hello film geeks, Scott here: This week promises to be our most intense episode of Film Geek Central yet, since we'll be adding an enticing new spin on things. THE FAN AND THE VIRGIN - WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!?     Well, it's out. And though we are separated by over a thousand miles, ...

  Hello film geeks, Scott here: This week promises to be our most intense episode of Film Geek Central yet, since we'll be adding an enticing new spin on things. THE FAN AND THE VIRGIN - WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!?     Well, it's out. And though we are separated by over a thousand miles, ...

This is a little gallery of scary-ass robots that want to kill you so they can mate with your computer. This particular model is called "My Spoon" and was designed to help people with no arms or really sucky arms to eat. As you can see, it's about to choke out Japanese Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe...

Image via Wikipedia Tri-City Herald In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judic...

I just don't get it -- why take the chance? What's wrong with paying some pimply adolescent $6/hour to serve ice cream? You have to look at his ugly face, that's what. Still, I want the record to show that I am anti-robotic ice cream server. These Kuka industrial robots were programmed by 26 student...

Let's be truthful about it: Things aren't looking so good for the Truth Commission....

Is it just me or does the new format make it seem like we are still in the audition phase? Well, whatever is going on, it is taking FOREVER! I want the old format back. One thing that I am looking forward to is the group number tonight with Scott. Is that wrong? Simon should just shave his head beca...

Remember those $8 ice balls? Yeah, i bought a bag too. What can I say, I was drunk and my credit card was on the desk. Anyway, pi ice. They're ice cubes in the shape of the pi symbol. The reusable tray is available from Thinkgeek for 9 bones. I bought one, and I even went so far as to make my own dr...

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. -- A key item in the developmental agenda of a plant leaf is the establishment of an axis that makes a leaf's top half distinct from its bottom half. This asymmetry is crucial for the leaf's function: it ensures that the leaf develops a flattened blade that is optimized for ...