Ben Etherington
I've been twenty four years on this earth. Chicago dwelling realist/skeptic. I do crash safety research, mandolin, photography and coffee. I'm engaged to Analiese.
I've been twenty four years on this earth. Chicago dwelling realist/skeptic. I do crash safety research, mandolin, photography and coffee. I'm engaged to Analiese.
It’s official: Dragon capsule berthed at ISS at 17:02 UTC! It’s part of the station now. :) Congrats to @NASA @Spacex & of course @elonmusk!
Houston, it looks like we got us a Dragon by the tail.” - @astro_petit
Look, I’m not saying the Sec’y of State of AZ is a grey alien lizard hoping to feast on the souls of puppies. I just want proof he isn’t.
At what point can we saw off Arizona and let it sink to the center of the Earth? http://t.co/h5PuD6yW
MT @EveryChildBy2: RT @CDCGlobal: Cost to vax 1 child for #measles? $1. Cost to manage 1 case of measles in US? $100-200K.
The less you read about homeopathy, the more you understand it.
#BAFact: From space, you can see a crescent Earth. And it’s as beautiful as you expect it to be. http://t.co/LjNBFaoB
#BAFact: The fastest-rotating pulsar known, PSR J1748-2446ad, spins faster than the blades in a kitchen blender!
Do you like summer? Want it to be 0.00001% longer? You’re in luck! http://t.co/cTOHk7I3
I’m writing an app called InstaHipster. All it does is automatically delete itself 5 minutes after you get tired of it.
The closest that a solid object can be to a liquid state is a cat lying on the stairs in the sun.
#BAFact: Over 500 people have flown into space - about 0.000007% of the world’s population.
Woman called in to WHYY and said her brother committed suicide over doomsday theories. Damn this stuff so much.
Absolutely. Freaking. Brilliant! Bulk homeopathy: http://t.co/jzZhshVH #WishIhadThoughtOfThis /via @colinburgess
I won’t fly on @delta until they remove potentially deadly antivaccine ads. http://t.co/IKRoq9r1 #FluDelta @DeltaAssist
