If it were biologically necessary for movie characters to go to the bathroom, this would be the toilet in Blade Runner and 2001. I half-expected the designer to be Syd Mead. For futurists and conservationists (and other people who use toilets)! Sleek, integrated design – compact enough for an apartment in Manhattan or Tokyo. Plus, …
Seems like all my recent posts are about media attention but, fear not, behind the scenes, the science comedy team (i.e. me and Tara – and our Texas affiliates, Chuck and Albert – all powered by wheels turned by teams of genetically-enhanced rodents from Monsanto) has been hard at work on new comedy material, as …
September 11, 2001: I spent most of the day at my mother’s bedside, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, in Houston, Texas. That may sound like an odd place for a family of Jews to gather, but St. Luke’s is home to the Texas Heart Institute and is widely considered one of the best medical centers …
…Basement Universes aren’t just for basements any more! The Galactomatic-1000 comes with an attractive imitation wood-grain negative-matter case that makes it perfectly at home in your den or family room. The case reduces its total mass to zero, so you won’t have to worry about imploding your house into a black hole, or discoloring the …
I’ve been writing up my notes from Science Foo Camp, anxious to get something online about the unconference that ended a week ago already, and from which I’m still on a serious high. Meanwhile… symmetry breaking has a new review of my “Rational Comedy for an Irrational Planet” show. symmetry breaking is a blog supplement …
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