daily moment of science

2 min read 2022-03-20 06:43:37

MOS: Berserk Llama Syndrome

I can’t be the only one who’s taken a good long at society and thought ‘fuck it, everyone’s gone berserk, I’m gonna go breed

2 min read 2022-03-20 06:43:14

I’ve seen the comment a few times now. “Good luck fighting tanks with Molotov cocktails.” I can understand the skepticism. However, the humble

3 min read 2022-03-20 06:42:52

Years ago, I dated someone who had his share of ridiculous ideas, as do we all. He was sweet and we stayed friends after we split up. A few months

3 min read 2022-03-20 06:42:52

Years ago, I dated someone who had his share of ridiculous ideas, as do we all. He was sweet and we stayed friends after we split up. A few months

3 min read 2022-03-20 06:42:29

We’re in our first major fucker of a war in the era of TikTok. My feed has been a bit more “JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ANOTHER EXPLOSION?!” than

2 min read 2022-03-20 06:42:13

I saw in the news that scientists made a nuclear thing that was hotter than the sun. So let’s talk about why it won’t kill

2 min read 2022-03-20 06:41:51

I’ve seen some variation of this rant a few times: “I survived lead paint, wooden spoons, no seatbelts, no helmets, second hand smoke, playing

3 min read 2022-03-20 06:41:35

Did you think the anti-vaccine movement was bequeathed to the world when it fell out in Jenny McCarthy’s afterbirth? Oh no, we’ve been fucking up

3 min read 2022-03-20 06:29:46

We do have to talk a bit about the news. But this is a science column, and godfuckingdamnit, I’m staying on topic. Kinda. Today’s Moment of

2 min read 2022-03-19 09:08:01

Yesterday I mentioned that we have invisible stripes and more information was requested. So without further delay… Today’s Moment of Science…

2 min read 2022-03-19 08:58:58

Y’all my focus is somewhere in the neighborhood of “nope” today. Probably because I made the mistake of reading the news about *gestures at

3 min read 2022-03-19 08:55:05

Remember Skechers Shape-ups? The footwear that Crocs outlived, a generation of us are still trying to forget that time we convinced ourselves that

2 min read 2022-03-19 08:51:59

The CIA has overthrown democratically elected governments in pursuit of bananas, drugged the living fuck out of their own citizens with

3 min read 2022-03-19 08:44:18

Yesterday I was writing about some recent spectacular nuclear fuckery in the news when my headache flared up. I’ve talked about my headaches

3 min read 2022-03-19 08:42:07

Discovery isn’t always pretty, inspiring, or even mildly interesting. Sometimes it’s literally the tale of watching flies fuck. Today’s Moment