Scientists Can Be Funny!

Apparently this is a genuine abstract from the American Geophysical Union conference in 1991:

 

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Take THAT English Majors!

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And The Award For “Weirdest Headline of the Day” Goes To…

All I can say is:

Ewwwwwwwww!

An Abbott and Costello routine meets…science, I guess.

Gotta love Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal!

Best “Star Trek: The Next Generation” Line Ever!

Happy Canada Day!!!

Wow. Soooooo busy lately! Don’t worry, I’m still alive. New posts coming soon.

But in the meantime, here is a great Canada Day song that I guarantee you will watch more than once!

Astronomy Headline #Fail!

The story fails to mention that ALL total lunar eclipses occur during a full moon.

Thanks to Phil Plait for pointing this out, further proving the usefulness of Twitter.

Lunar eclipse headline FAIL: http://is.gd/I2XpnO #TheyAllDo

— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) June 15, 2011

It’s F#*%kin’ Quantum Mechanics!

Great commercial for the Powermat wireless charger.

I saw this on PhysicsBuzz, which also gives a brief explanation how inductive charging works. Coooool.

The Maquis Killed Bin Laden!

A German news station was attempting to put up the logo of Navy SEAL Team 6, the team which actually did kill Bin Laden.

Unfortunately, there was a little mix-up, and instead the news station showed the fan-made logo for the Maquis, an anti-Cardassian terrorist group from the Star Trek universe.

Note the skull on this emblem is not human, it is Klingon and is surrounded by Bat’Leths. 

Whether or not Ensign Ro Laren was involved in the attack is currently unknown.

Happy Mother’s Day!

This from Fake Science.