Take this little survey to find out your REAL age. My REAL age is 25.2 and I should live to be 79.8 (which is bullshit since I will live to be well over 100).

Scientists have found annoying results from a recent survey: women who don't get enough sleep can't lose the extra weight they gained during pregnancy. Their next study will figure out how a woman with a 6-month old will be able to get proper sleep (get a nanny).

Next year's Nobel Prize winner in genetics has discovered the gene that facilitates oral sex in fish. The logical next step...?

The sandtrout are fast at work encapsulating the water of the Gobi desert and thus beginning the transformation of Earth into Arrakis.

So on Friday, I got into a discussion with Sierra's Dad about why common sense isn't always correct. For one thing, Intelligent Design people use it when describing the problems with evolution and their support for spontaneous generation. The example I cited was the Let's Make a Deal Paradox. Basically it boils down to if you choose a door, after Monty opens one, you should always choose the other door. Why? Because it is 66% likely to have the new car (instead of the 50/50 chances everything thinks it should have).

Don't believe me? Check out this little applet. There is a great long explanation that goes into FAR more detail than I do. I played it 20 times always switching my choice. I won 14 of 20 games. Think to program is loaded? Go fuck yourself.

Dogs cause cancer and a few other odd-but-possibly-true medical theories.