Sounds like a dumb research project to me-- why would a sperm be affected by gravity? It lives inside a fluid which it is about the same density as, so it does not feel the pull of gravity. It's not like sperm are known to have an up/down directional preference; they will find the ovum the same no matter which side the woman is sleeping on.

The real issue is not gravity, it's cosmic radation. Frozen sperm won't be able to repair their DNA (not that I expect regular sperm can, either).

I'm not sure how one would schedule a dentist appointment in a time-free zone?

Your appointment for whenever is confirmed.

I don't think global warming is likely to reduce food production globally. In general warmer periods of the Earth's history have been much more productive in terms of biodiversity and biomass. It's just hard to predict exactly where the most productive parts will end up (possibly not the same as now).

And a side of freedom fries, please!

LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU, TIM COOK!

Fingers in my ears until you produce a MacBook that doesn't suck.

It's true, and the only way to stop them is to kill the Night King himself!

Google fired James Damore for posting an unpopular opinion on an internal questionnaire. Do these people seriously think that Google is not going to fire them for actively inciting people to leave work to protest against its own policies?

I suspect this was done by Guatemala's intelligence services as payback for Mexico co-operating with the US to decrease illegal migration from Guatemala to the US.

Sea levels are a rather small portion of the issue. According to this, the Louisiana coast is sinking, on average, at a rate about 9 millimeters per year. This has some to do with geologic issues and also a lot to do with the very levees and drainage systems that humans have installed there (since they dry out the sediment, which then shrinks).

The article just wants to link it to climate change because it's a convenient bogeyman, but the truth is, Louisiana is a totally unsustainable place for humans to live. here is a good expose.

If NO is generating so much economic activity that it's economic to spend so much money it, why can't it come out of local and state taxes; why does it have to come out of federal revenues?

Methinks it would be better in the long run to just let it go under.

Only thing is, when they bring you back, you'll be alive.. but you won't be *the same*. See what happened to the Mountain in Game of Thrones!

Ethics means different things to different people. You say that ethics means ruling that ``some otherwise logical conclusions are "unacceptable" because - other, unrelated reasons.''. Does this imply it's not OK for us to believe certain things that are (from a factual point of view) true because doing so might have what, in your view, are negative social effects? It seems to me that that is an infringement on the most basic of human capabilities-- the ability to perceive the truth. I decided a long time ago-- about the time I was leaving my religion and becoming an atheist-- that I would not worry about the effects-- on my eternal soul or on anythings else-- of believing a certain thing and just believe things based on the evidence, because if you don't try to believe the truth, how can you trust your own thoughts?

I personally believe a lot of things that are considered socially unacceple by most of my peers. I won't say specifically what they are though, because I want to keep my job.

Any study where the experimental group gets given *more* money is going to show some kind of positive effect. A tax cut would have done the same thing. The real question is whether the negative effects on economic productivity of having to raise taxes enough to fund a UBI are enough to justify the benefits of the UBI. This is, of course, a subjective question as it depends how much you value equality versus freedom and economic growth.

Their suits come in medium, large and extra large. Who manufactures them-- Durex?

It seems to me that exaggerated fears about children and sex isn't a specifically SJW phenomenon but more of a generalized American phenomenon (seeping into the rest of the world now, since US culture is so influential).