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[Max™]

Thus did the end days truly signal their approach...

How the fuck can we possibly explain the clusterfuck of 2016 and 2017 (so far) to future generations?

'Well, damn near everyone awesome died, brits went a bit silly and we laughed at them, then we elected an orange buffoon as president... uh, he endedup getting north korea--oh, that's the big cratery looking spot on the map there--to try and nuke seoul but the task of launching a missile+detonating a nuke was too much for them, with the only successful detonations at altitude not far past the old no-mans land region at the border. With that out of the way we decided that since we had been so successful cleaning up the big plastic continent out in the pacific using genetically modified yeast, why not see if we can use it to clean up fallout, the resulting radioactive sporulation event was massive enough to fuck up weather patterns and put a serious strain on crop production in the northern hemisphere until it cleared up, beautiful sunsets though.'

[Starver]

Microbial colonists of "mini-mothra" present efficient mechanism for rapid decomposition of plastics.

Or, how microbiologists and etymologists discovered a solution for the pacific gyre (and doom anything made of plastic)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39694553

Though did you also notice, on the main Science And Environment page, the article "Can plastic roads help save the planet?"

(It's a link to a video page, so until I'm settled on a better link I hadn't yet tried to watch it.)

[Sheb]

Or, how microbiologists and etymologists discovered a solution for the pacific gyre (and doom anything made of plastic)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39694553

Who knew all you needed was to know the origin of a name to make the thing disappear! :p

[ChairmanPoo]

Or, how microbiologists and etymologists discovered a solution for the pacific gyre (and doom anything made of plastic)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39694553

Who knew all you needed was to know the origin of a name to make the thing disappear! :p

Fear names. Names have power in identity. Others can use names as weapons. Names are a hook that can be used to track you across the planes. Remain nameless, and you shall be safe.

[wierd]

you can blame my phone for that one. It does not know what an entomologist is, and happily corrected it for me.


Because people who study the root origin of words get invoked far more often on the internet than people who study insects, apparently.

[martinuzz]

You should really read Darwin's 'On the Origin of Words'

[wierd]

I much prefer the etymologists' cookbook.

That's some fine cooking in there. A little dry at times, and a bit wordy, but mighty fine. (You should try the salad!)

(Yes, this time I used it purposefully, and ironically.)

[Starver]

https://xkcd.com/1010/
https://xkcd.com/1012/

[Max™]

Etymologists are best served while still alive, so you can savor the warmth of their wordy ichor while it is still fresh.

[martinuzz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

[Sheb]

130,000- old mastodon bones that looks like they were fractured by humans using stone tools found in California

Like, that is so cool. It would mean a first wave of human colonization before H. sapiens.

[Sergarr]

Origins of Indonesian hobbits finally revealed. Apparently they're a pretty distant offshoot of humanity, being sister species of Homo habilis.

[Max™]

130,000- old mastodon bones that looks like they were fractured by humans using stone tools found in California

Like, that is so cool. It would mean a first wave of human colonization before H. sapiens.

Damn good science there: this is going to be a claim which involves constant uphill struggling to get past the giggle factor, so what do they do?

Make sure the in situ placement is documented and unlikely to be chance.
Investigate that the possible artifacts exhibit certain traits which stone tools used by homo possess and can be used as sound identification criteria.
Make sure that the bones also illustrate the related stone tool impact/scraping/cutting/etc traits.
Obtain rocks which are similar to the ones found at the site, make tools, and use them to crack open bones.
Confirm that the bones flaked and fractured the same way the ones at the site did.
Confirm that the markings and scrapes on the experimental tools match the hypothesis that the ones at the site are also tools.
Slap every bit of date bracketing information and tests you can throw at it in there.
Try to break your previous findings, and if you can't do so, publish them!

[Eric Blank]

130,000- old mastodon bones that looks like they were fractured by humans using stone tools found in California

Like, that is so cool. It would mean a first wave of human colonization before H. sapiens.

Damn good science there: this is going to be a claim which involves constant uphill struggling to get past the giggle factor, so what do they do?

Make sure the in situ placement is documented and unlikely to be chance.
Investigate that the possible artifacts exhibit certain traits which stone tools used by homo possess and can be used as sound identification criteria.
Make sure that the bones also illustrate the related stone tool impact/scraping/cutting/etc traits.
Obtain rocks which are similar to the ones found at the site, make tools, and use them to crack open bones.
Confirm that the bones flaked and fractured the same way the ones at the site did.
Confirm that the markings and scrapes on the experimental tools match the hypothesis that the ones at the site are also tools.
Slap every bit of date bracketing information and tests you can throw at it in there.
Try to break your previous findings, and if you can't do so, publish them!

Bigfoot did it.

[redwallzyl]

Origins of Indonesian hobbits finally revealed. Apparently they're a pretty distant offshoot of humanity, being sister species of Homo habilis.

pretty sure we knew that already seeing as i learned it in class last year.