Author Archives: Stan Flouride

For the April 1971 issue of MAD artist Al Jaffee  created this back page fold-in graphic: By folding the right side: over to meet the left: You got this:

Color me unsurprised. The theory that men are idiots and often do stupid things is backed up by evidence in the Christmas issue of The BMJ. http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7094 The findings are based on an analyses of sex differences in idiotic behavior. Sex … Continue reading →

The Avian Tree of Life (the above illustration can be greatly expanded here: http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2012/firsteverfam.gif) The genomes of modern birds tell a story of how they emerged and evolved after the mass extinction that wiped out dinosaurs and almost everything else 66 … Continue reading →

The newly named dinosaur, Aquilops Americanus, which means “American Eagle Face” was a crow-sized cousin of the ceratopsians of Asia. The creature lived during the Early Cretaceous Period some 108 million years ago, making it 20 million years older than the next known horned … Continue reading →

Though this is the worst drought in some 1200 years, long term trends show that  3-year droughts are not uncommon: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GL062433/abstract But for the first time since 2009 a blocking ridge of high pressure has dissipated and restored the Hawaii … Continue reading →

It’s one thing to read a statistic that such and such happens every so many seconds. It’s another thing entirely to see it as graphically represented as this great example by science comic artist XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1331/

Here is la colibri (the hummingbird) in its original state. It should be noted that walking on the Nazca lines is strictly forbidden, and when permission is given it is done under close supervision wearing special shoes. Here is Greenpeace’s stupid banner with … Continue reading →

No, not roses. Etlingera corneri, also known as ka lo or rose of Siam, is a member of the ginger family that is native to southern Thailand and the northern region of the Malay Peninsula. Taken at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden … Continue reading →

Fiery Flyby Photograph by Baldur Sveinsson http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/volcano-tourism-iceland/ In actuality the airplane is about 300m away from the lava spout but something tells me that’s close enough to feel the heat.

I was a Kickstarter backer for this new PES animated short that was just released today! The rest of his wonderful animated shorts and commercials are on the website: http://pesfilm.com