Flares into Darkness

67 million years ago a snake coiled in a nest of dinosaur eggs and ate the babies as they hatched. A landslide buried the scene and time and...

Why we dream . The joy of mephedrone . Vix doesn't seem to be worth much . Electromagnetic armor. Where's the missing oil ...

Bad stuff coming out of China. Google's delusional arrogance . Chinese jets for Chavez . Travel like a human . Grant redux . ...

Described as a "huge success" folks sat in coffee shops to talk politics. Turnout was higher than expected with an overwhelming 60...

Atrazine emasculates frogs . It's raining men fish . How to solve health care . All your news are belong to us. Grandma in Hu...

This morning, while driving to work, some blather coming out of the radio clued me in to the fact that the Oscar awards happened last night....

Why the recession is lasting so long . Communicating through touch . Revolution in China? Fairness is hard-wired into the brain. ...

Real lives in North Korea . Quark soup at 4 trillion degrees Celsius. Japan's Mengele experiments . The mathematical formula for ...

Retort Thou art a fool," said my head to my heart, "Indeed, the greatest of fools thou art, To be led a...

The oil export crisis has already arrived. Iran will punch Western powers. China starts to dump . Is the Sahara blooming ? Spray...

Adriano Celentano, an Italian singer and comedian, sings his song Prisencolinensinainciusol. The lyrics are gibberish, but are meant to sou...

Ah, the grand future we were promised...   These pictures of our glorious future, and more that follow after the jump, are from Black and WT...

Life among the Taliban . 20 reasons why the US economy is dying and will not recover . Four crashes , inflation adjusted. Vegetative...

Red is spending, blue is income. Total US debt as percent of GDP. H/T Henry Blodget .

Yeah, I know these things are getting old, but it's the scene that keeps on giving. It's the thousand year rant.

Peak oil? No, but expensive oil , yes. What the Google fiasco tells us about China. Not a single oil company trusts Chavez. Who woulda...

Oooops. I guess that coronation campaign didn't go according to plan. My advice to Martha Coakley is that she just needs to look at t...