Going by Monday’s comic I think it’s safe to say, in Sean Bean’s case, the two scenarios would be reverse. I just re-read* this article about doctors who choose not to take advantage of certain ‘life saving’ or at least ‘life extending’ medical procedures, despite their availability to them, because they are aware of the [...]
Spoilers ahead. For the love of Pete, there are spoilers ahead! Although if you like Sean Bean as much as I do, you already know what’s going to happen. A few days ago, a friend asked on twitter if anybody wanted to watch a Bean marathon, and several jokes popped into my head. This comic [...]
I like to think that Ernst Haeckel bugged the crap out of Darwin. Always writing him to talk about his new theories and send him drawings. I mentioned Haeckel a little while back in the embryo comic, and I alluded to some hullabaloo that never ended up being mentioned by any of you. Either because you [...]
The question, I think, is not only for meat-eaters who think properly produced lab-meat would be unpalatable, but also those who follow various vegetarian lifestyles born of animal cruelty concerns. No need to get nervous just yet though. I view the whole lab-meat debate mainly as a thought experiment. I don’t see any form of [...]
The best part about having a science webcomic is that any new thing can be fodder. Take today’s comic for example: A little while back, I was called into my coworker’s office to see something. National Geographic had posted photos of one shark eating another shark whole. But not just any shark, this was a [...]
Poor Carl just couldn’t catch a break last week. I was able to give him my heartfelt condolences the other night at a discussion he spoke at. I also let him know that I was going to draw a comic about his recent tribulations. I neglected to mention that I wasn’t planning on bucking the [...]
I always enjoy coming across curious bits of information in passing, like the ones presented in the comic. They serve as sparks for further questions and research and ultimately a little better understanding of reality as it has been discovered. It’s also obvious how easy it is to transition from one question to the other, [...]
Look at your wrist. If you do a fair amount of computer gaming (or computer work in general, really) you likely have a mark on your wrist or the ball of your palm. Mine’s a rather boring redness, not quite as impressive as some others I have seen. Mine has likely been mitigated somewhat by [...]
I poo-poo’ed valentines day in my post last year, so I thought I’d find something fun to do this time around. Not that I think it has any more merit mind you (though you’re welcome to it if forced affection makes you feel better). The idea and history of the heart shape has a few [...]
…and we’re back! This one was an unintentional whopper brought on by me becoming self conscious about the amount of chartsy/infographic comics we’ve been drawing*. So what started as an infographic got some narrative slapped on to the beginning and end. Did it work? Not sure. I found it amusing, though I must point out that this [...]