So, remember about three weeks ago, when some neutrinos traveling between Geneva and the Gran Sasso Lab in Italy arrived about sixty nanoseconds quicker than the speed of light? That was weird. However, on the 14th, Ronald van Elburg at the University of Groningen at the Netherlands seems to have figured it out. His team calculated […]
The good news for BlackBerry owners is that they’ll be getting more than $100 of compensation for the recent outages. The bad news is that it isn’t in the form of cash or credit, but rather a selection of apps. And customers don’t even get a choice of apps. Instead they’ll be able to download […]
A virus that destroys every part of the brain except for basic motor functions, and also the part that stores Christopher Walken quotes? Horrible. [Via Io9]
[GAS] Reader Ray just sent in this pretty epic Hall of Justice cake he received for his birthday, complete with cupcakes bearing emplems of the JLA members. Check it out: Thanks Ray!
Play the game here. [Youtube]
After the huge success of my post featuring pictures I took at Montreal Comic Con 2011, I just knew that Geeks are Sexy had to be present at New York Comic Con to capture the essence of the event. So with that in mind, I sent my friend Michael Tapp to cover it for us, […]
Many of you are probably fans of the prolific Neal Stephenson. He basically helped to start the whole “cyberpunk” movement with his novel Snow Crash, and has been pumping out giant novels at an alarming rate ever since. Stephenson recently wrote an essay bemoaning the dismantling of the space program, and more generally the lack […]
A little zombie humor in honor of The Walking Dead premiere tonight. via Optipess
I guess that ooze was full of midichlorians. [Via Gamma Squad]
Please note that religion has nothing to do with the reason I’m posting this, because as you all know, this site is all about science. The only reasons I’m doing it is for the great visuals and the amazing VFX. The whole thing also reminded me of some scenes present in many of my favorite […]