Conventional wisdom holds that continental strength relies upon the solidity of rock at a depth of 15km and that below that pressure and heat cause the rock to flow as liquid. Not so fast, say Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, Roberto F Weinberg, and Gideon Rosenbaum. Their new study says that "through dynamic interaction the strongest part becomes the weakest."
The linguistic distribution of the generic names for soft drinks.
But the Ace Craft Gen H-4 personal helicopter is pretty darn cool. If you have a Y chromosome, I bet you want one, too.
Holy Molars Batman, <I>South Park</I> has been outdone by so-called real life! Say it ain't so!
Having wormed my way up miles of static rope with Gibbs and Petzl Frog ascenders, my biggest desire is to do away with the rope itself. I wants me a set of Gecko gloves and booties!
I haven't listened yet, but I'm already happy. I'm fighting the urge to just set the stuff up right here, right now, in my office.
Fixed gear bikes, in case you don't know, have no freewheel, which means that if the rear wheel is turning, you're peddling. There's no coasting on a fixie—and braking is a matter of leg power.
C'mon, 'fess up—don't you wish <I>you</I> lived in Brooklyn?
"When you're carrying a book with the big fat title <I>Embalming</I>." Lisa Takeuchi Cullen has written a gentle update to <I>The American Way of Death</I>. Putting aside her statement that "death is a big, huge bummer," it sounds interesting.
Metaphors help us understand the universe, but what if they're really helping us get it wrong?