Love it or hate it, the DeLorean is an icon of 1980s culture, probably most famous for its appearance in the Back to the Future trilogy. With gull-wing doors, a polished stainless steel body, and a low-slung futuristic design (fit for a time-machine…) the DeLorean looked, to many, like a car way ahead of its … Continue reading
For those who grew up in the 1980s, and there are tens of millions of you, you might remember it as a decade not only of rampant out-of-control spending and excess, but also of out-of-control ideas of the future. After all, it was the decade that ushered in the idea of flying cars (thanks Bladerunner … Continue reading
Big. Old. Things. We love them. From The Great Pyramids to Stonehenge to the monuments of Easter Island, few earthly creations engage our imagination with such vehemence, stir our curiosity or leave us wondering, “What the fu*k?” quite like mysterious ancient monuments. Clearly the best way to be remembered (and in turn completely mind-fu*k future … Continue reading
Scientists at the University of Zurich, along with their counterparts at UC Santa Cruz and aided by a NASA supercomputer, have built the most comprehensive and realistic simulation to date of the formation of the Milky Way galaxy. To the uninitiated, it looks a little like food coloring spiraling through dark liquid, however, according … Continue reading
Bullet-proof human skin, made from goat’s milk and spider silk. For real.
Glass company Corning put together this futuristic, somewhat creepy but also frighteningly cool video entitled, “A Day Made of Glass”. In the future, everything in our homes will have interactive glass panels, from mirrors, to stove tops. Check it out.
The last words spoken by mankind will be by a scientist saying: “Hey we did it!” – Jon Stewart The struggle between science and religion, while eons old, is really quite simple. Religion uses God, gods and/or the supernatural to explain life, the universe and everything (thanks Douglas Adams), and science, well, is like a … Continue reading
A new spin on the worst pick-up line ever, “Do you have any Neanderthal in you? Would you like some?”
Angry Birds – Recently, my brother-in-law has been getting dive-bombed by the same group of black birds on his walk home from BART. According to an article from the Guardian, this isn’t unusual: (From the Guardain.uk) “Crows remember the faces of humans who have threatened or harmed them, and these memories last for the bird’s … Continue reading
