This is one of those ridiculous things that is, well, ridiculous. The power of the market — or stupidity, which may be the same thing — trumping common sense: The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. (emphasis added) A premium meat […]
Ridiculous Cow Syndrome
Posted by Ben on September 18, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/ridiculous-cow-syndrome/
This is why you should not eat too much candy
Your stomach will explode in fiery brilliance. And yes, red gummy bears being excellent is scientific fact. (via MAKE Blog)
Posted by Ben on September 8, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/this-is-why-you-should-not-eat-too-much-candy/
Scientists tell us what we already know
Sort of. The (terribly informal) verdict: Believable: Iron Man, Batman Unbelievable: The Incredible Hulk Quote: Now, many people are aware that the most incredible thing about the Hulk is the way his pants always stay on when he expands to ten times his original volume. But did you also know: The good superhero stories require […]
Posted by Ben on August 17, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/scientists-tell-us-what-we-already-know/
Finally, humans can rest easy
(via MAKE)
Posted by Ben on August 17, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/finally-humans-can-rest-easy/
Sheep are not meant to have six legs
…or are they? This is terrifying, but in a comical sense. (via BoingBoing Gadgets)
Posted by Ben on July 18, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/sheep-are-not-meant-to-have-six-legs/
Curiously elegant
Yet awkward in its own way. (via MAKE Blog)
Posted by Ben on June 12, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/curiously-elegant/
Predicting the unpredictable…
…sounds crazy, and may well turn out to be. But if it’s validated, then what? Why does it take so long for soul mates to find each other” How does disease spread through a person’s body? When will the next computer virus attack your hard-drive? A new theory published last month in Nature on the […]
Posted by Ben on December 21, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/predicting-the-unpredictable/
Happy Holidays
(by way of Seed Magazine via Bookslut)
Posted by Ben on December 16, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/happy-holidays/
What’s so great about milk?
Hooded seal pups need super fatty milk. Elephants like green bottles. That’s what I’ve learned from the Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals. Though maybe I picked up on some of the wrong details… (What the baby elephants actually like is the low-protein formula in the green bottle.) (via LII)
Posted by Ben on November 29, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/whats-so-great-about-milk/
In real life there has been just one fatal space depressurisation accident
This occurred on the Russian Soyuz-11 mission in 1971, when a seal leaked upon re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere; upon landing all three flight crew were found dead from asphyxiation. Death and dying, over at NewScientist. Their self-proclaimed “Death Special.” (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on November 10, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/in-real-life-there-has-been-just-one-fatal-space-depressurisation-accident/