Category: Science
Origin of Everything Is Not Magical (comic)
There’s a lot of magical thinking going on these days, especially in America… but what if I told you that there are some fairly natural, reasonably well understood mechanisms for just about everything that has brought life to where it…
The Ultimate Modern Humor Article
Researchers at various humor think tanks and humor websites have been exhaustively searching for clues on how to adapt comic articles to our modern times. With the increased dumbing down of the intellect imposed on the public by our schools,…
Evolutionary Scientists Injured in Freak Arboricultural Accident
A group of evolutionary naturalists, anthropologists, and biologists were injured yesterday in what police are officially calling “an unfortunate and unnecessary accident”. According to eyewitnesses, hundreds of members of the Royal Society went on their daily tree-trimming expedition and somehow,…
Hawking Enlists David Copperfield to Demonstrate “Spontaneous Creation”
Hawking: Spontaneous Creation is the Reason Something is Here Rather than Nothing. World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, best known for his accessible books on the fundamental questions we all face, recently published his latest findings on a cosmological concept he calls…
Science on God: Inference to Any Other Explanation the Best
Men like Stephen Hawking have helped introduce us to Science all over again and men like Richard Dawkins have helped us learn to appreciate its grandness and wonder anew. They’ve taught us to embrace skepticism in our pursuit of truth…
Iranian Space Monkey Main Course At Celebration Banquet
Cultural differences took front row this week when the monkey that made Iranian history by being the first living creature that they had successfully propelled into space and back was eaten at the post flight victory celebration. After a lengthy…
Evolution Wins Prestigious Overachievement Award
Last week, the Humboldt Overachiever Award for Science and the Humanities was given to none other than The Theory of Evolution—and Dr. Richard Dawkins was there to receive the prize in its stead. “In the face of impossible odds,” Dr….
Scientists: Newton, Galileo Psychotic—Textbook Recall Likely
A group of 142 leading scientists and psychiatrists have published an open letter to the world, revealing their conclusions on scientists of years’ past—most notably Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei. The contributors, almost all of them members of the National…
Study Reveals Disturbing Levels of Inbreeding Among Santa’s Elves
A new study published today in The Journal of Humanoid Genetics reveals high levels of inbreeding among Santa’s famous toy making elves. Analysis of DNA microsatellites obtained from blood samples taken from several hundred randomly chosen North Pole elves resulted…
Scientists Declare 3,000 YO Andean Mummy “Total Hottie”
Researchers from Oregon State University announced that virtual facial reconstruction of a 3,000 year old Andean mummy revealed, “She was totally hot”. Using the latest in digital imaging technology, “the team has concluded that she was at least an 8,…