Author Archives: Stan Flouride

David Mitchell posits a possible form of post-life existence that atheists would find highly disappointing: I’m still chuckling.

CINCINNATI (The Borowitz Report)—Republican front-runner Donald Trump was crying foul on Monday after Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders allegedly dispatched an army of vegan thugs to attack a rally of peace-loving Nazis in Cincinnati. According to Trump, he had begun to … Continue reading →

A new type of graphene-based filter could be the key to managing the global water crisis, a study has revealed. The new graphene filter, which has been developed by Monash University and the University of Kentucky, allows water and other … Continue reading →

Pulled this bundle of unused redwood lath (as used in lath and plaster walls) out of the debris from the renovations next door.

Images of and from our world

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei set up a white grand piano in the muddy, rain-drenched refugee Idomeni camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Saturday, allowing 24 year-old Nour Alkhzam, a refugee from the city Deirez Zor, Syria, to play it. The young woman … Continue reading →

Explanation: If seen in the right light, Saturn glows like a neon sign. (Although Saturn has comparatively little of the element neon, a composite image false-colored in three bands of infrared light highlights features of the giant ringed planet like a glowing sign) At the most blue … Continue reading →