Humans evolved on a planet with a robust atmosphere and a magnetosphere. Some estimate we actually have the atmosphere we have because of the magnetosphere that earth possesses. The Martian magnetosphere is just too weak to protect the planet, and anything crawling on it, from the many forms of radiation that humans cannot tolerate. Underground dwellings just may do it, but expect that to be of limited benefit in the end. First, create a robust magnetosphere, and then we'll see what happens.

Why anyone trusts FB for more than posting videos of your pets and vacation photos is beyond me. Even those might be heavily plagiarized or from third parties, but at least they are relatively harmless.

That robot was another in along line of men in robot suits.

The only downside that I see is that in order to get a free house you have to be Yoko's housemate. That girl is CRAAAZY.

With that much fresh water entering the north Atlantic, it could well shift the North Atlantic current and that could more drastically affect the climate of Europe and create some dramatic cooling there. That might, in the long run, be worse for Europe than the rising sea levels.

Right you are sir, there are crazies all the time. But would the ACLU be this excited if the occupant was a Democrat? As a political independent, that's what I want to know.

As long as I can still get parts for the wife's Audi, I'm OK. She plans to live another 50 years and will not surrender the car. I will likely die before she is willing to give that up.

Hey - can we now revisit the whole cola war episode? Maybe the EU courts could straighten all that out.

I know that it's been a few years since the federal government did this, but Jeff & Co. could start their own program up to get some polluters off the road and on to the moon.

When you put lots of money into lots of research by lots of people, this is the result. I should expect that Chinese universities have the same requirements for tenure depending on submitting of published work, result: lots of papers.

Is the back room where the support staff ordered the pizza? Which track has that record? What about the track with the switchboard calls from the astronauts' groupies? That's gotta be interesting, right?

Blue has been making very decent studio-quality mics for over 20 years. No, they are not up there with Neumann, but the large-diaphragm condensers have a very acceptable sound and that's a good alternative to other studio mics for those who want that sound. I like AKG in that price range and have always liked Shure and Audio Technica in the lower price ranges. I have not used their USB mics and don't have a need. For those who really like the studio mics, this could end up being like CBS purchasing Fender in 1965. It will take a while, but commoditization will drive out the things that made the products what they are.

So, I was not aware that all the mice dads were in the drive-thru at McDonald's and ordering Domino's while playing Nintendo on the couch. What news that is!

Mongo only pawn in game of life.

There seems to be no shortage of uncertainty on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Personally, I'm going with Augustus Caesar - owning Egypt would be cool.