Ben Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, where he goes from goofy guy whose money you tried to win to crazy theorist fighting against the notion of evolution, has been shrouded in secrecy, screened only to organizations who agree that science is for sinners. Its buzz has been built, however, by various teaser trailers posted on YouTube, leading even to websites like Expelled Exposed, debunking the debunkers.
But might all the backlash Stein has received been aimed for the wrong reason? Throughout the Expelled ordeal that, we thought Stein just hated science. But it's what science breeds that's his real motivation. CONTINUED »
From the Daily Mail:
Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in New Zealand have found, as they warned of an "epidemic" of lung cancers linked to cannabis.
See you in oncology!
You know how watching an entire TV series on DVD at once is more satisfying following the story in weekly installments? That’s how we felt reading about the now resolved drama between Dr. Michael E. DeBakey and Dr. Denton A. Cooley in the New York Times today.
For one, we didn’t even known that Dr. DeBakery or Dr. Cooley existed, let alone that they had beef. But apparently, Dr. Cooley stole an artificial heart from Dr. DeBakery’s lab in 1969, and Dr. DeBakery hasn’t spoken to him since. The two reconciled at a lifetime achievement ceremony for Dr. DeBakey at Dr. Cooley’s Cardiovascular Surgical Society.
But the fun comes hearing about the ego-tastic moves these celebrated doctors made over the years. CONTINUED »
For all the free love going on around campus, very few female co-eds are actually fully enjoying it. A new Stanford study of 4000 undergrads about their most recent hook-up found that men are more than twice as likely to achieve an orgasm than their female partners.
44 percent of men "got there" compare with 19 percent of women. Worse, when the hook-up just included oral sex, not intercourse, men were the only recipients 45 percent of the time.
College students: Does Tyra need to show you where the clitoris is on the puppet vagina again?
A Brazilian woman gave birth to her own twin grandchildren. Her daughter couldn't become pregnant, so she volunteered to be the surrogate. We have a feeling the new mom never did her own homework growing up. [AP]
"One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using the bathroom, compared with 12 percent of women, said the researchers who spy on people in public restrooms."
Wait, so you're saying there are scientists out their who make their living spying on people in public restrooms? Gross!
Meanwhile, that whole business about men not washing their hands is really nothing new. [CNN]
"The smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of nearly 40 miles per hour and even the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun most modern-day sportsmen," according to new scientific study.
"Even T-rex, who wasn't incredibly fast, could chase down footballer David Beckham."
Astounding!
Science truly is amazing, isn't it? After all, without the benefit of extensive research and elaborate computer models, who would have guessed that the largest—and most dangerous—carnivorous predator of all time would be able to chase down a gimpy 30-something year old Englishman without even breaking a sweat?
[CNN]
Did you hear? European astronomers have discovered a new planet (tentatively dubbed "581 c") which orbits red dwarf star Gliese 581 and could, conceivably, house life outside our solar system! Thankfully, CNN is quick to hit us with the cold, hard facts:
You could have a birthday party every 13 days because that's how fast this new planet circles its sun-like star. But watch the cake — you'd weigh a whole lot more than you do on Earth.
You might be able to keep your current wardrobe. The temperature in this alien setting will likely be a lot like Earth's — not too hot, not too cold.
And here we were concerned we'd have to leave our Pucci swimsuit behind! Anyhow, you've done well, CNN, but answer us this. Does this new "mystery" planet have MTV?
Liquid water? Liquid water? Great.
Next they're going to tell us that the pile of cocaine on Lindsay Lohan's dresser is powder.
Previously unreleased photos of the vat from which Jessica Simpson plumped up her lips? The container for the fat just sucked from between Teri Hatcher's impossibly thin thighs? The coming and going of Lindsay Lohan's breast "tissue?"
Nah, just something meaningless like comet dust that's likely older than the sun and could answer secrets of the universe.
Space Capsule Carrying Comet Dust Lands [Alicia Chang, AP]
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