What is the difference between humans and dinosaurs?

Dr. Phil Plait explains.



(Via Bad Astronomy)

Jack Horner on TED.

Could a killer cyborg dinosaur be far behind? Well, killer cyborg "chickenasaurus" anyway.



(Dyslexics of America untie! Hat tip to io9)

For you science (or D&D) types...

Here is a shiny surface, a high-speed camera, and a gelatinous cube!



(Hat tip to Mr. WMAGNFARB -- Dave Barry)

Isaac Asimov: Visions of the Future

2 years before his death in 1992, Isaac Asimov shot a pilot for a new science TV show.  Because we live in the future, that show is available on the web.  Here is part 1.



You can see the rest at Brain Pickings

(Hat tip to io9)

A tractor beam?

I sure hope the robots don't see this.



(Hat tip to io9)