I thought it was vitally important that the vial in the image look like Re-Animator fluid. Imagine the carnage that would be unleashed by the unwitting dupe seduced by the promise of a cureall that turned out not to be just harmless linseed oil, but instead the sadistic creation of Dr. West that turns its [...]
Filed under: Biology, Lifestyle, Medicine, Nutrition by DrKuha
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There was a time, long ago, that people knew the value of a dollar. And this is not in some “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” sense. I mean, they literally knew what a dollar was worth. For most of 1975, a dollar had a specific value such that one troy ounce of gold was [...]
Filed under: Economics, Lifestyle by DrKuha
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Click on the image to see it full size. I’m working on a new theme for the blog so that I can include larger format images. It might take some time. This is pretty much exactly what would happen if William Shatner came ’round to tea at the Prime residence. So I realized today that [...]
Filed under: Chemistry, Lifestyle, News, Philosophy, Physics, Scientific Method, Technology by DrKuha
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This is one of the possible results of congress enacting the Terminators as Secret Service Agents Act. The world could use fewer jerks. I found this article on BBC today. Augmented Reality (AR) is a pretty sweet concept. The technology looks very cool, totally validating years of cyberpunk fiction. But there’s a problem with the [...]
Filed under: Computers, Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Media, News, Science Fiction, Speculation, Technology by DrKuha
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There are organisms that reproduce sexually and there are organisms that reproduce asexually. The former outnumber the latter by many orders of magnitude. Hell, even plants have sex on a pretty regular basis–though it’s a sort of kinky, bee-assisted sex. The question is why? Asexual reproduction is far more efficient than its more popular cousin. [...]
Filed under: Biology, Evolution, Lifestyle, Literature, News, Philosophy by DrKuha
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