Pissing off Damon Lindelof? That's not a sin, that's redemption.

(Check out Lindelof's lame dis at 1:58. That's rhetorical fallacy a 12 year old could see through.)

*beg for the Rock legend that could have been.

Songs featured in the video:
Jobriath - I'maman
Jobriath - Inside

And a bonus, my favourite;
Jobriath - World Without End

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Game-of-Thrones-1995-Style

Filed under "I thought that was already on The Sift."

I initially wanted to provide a link to Ars Technica, since pop-science is a bit their thing, but they had no article up yet. This now fixed;
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/measles-is-the-latest-virus-to-be-turned-into-a-weapon-against-cancer/

Important context: this was the first trial, and it only worked on one of the two volunteers. Granted, a 50% survival rate is waaaay better than 0%, but this is not a definitive solution yet. The common view from the medical world on this research for the time being seems to be: "cautiously optimistic".

More info @ The Washington Post.

Our Glorious Leader does not *beg, he Commands!

Summary on Ars Technica.

PSA:
"hola.org, it just works."

That man is known to carry a copy of W Strunk and E B White's The Elements of Style with him (if only for dramatic effect.) Source.

HA HA HA!
Congrats, even climate deniers who get millions in funding stopped claiming that a long time ago. Denying basic physics is a bit harder, you see.

Also, I love how The Telegraph (a.k.a. the-evil-media-are-all-liars-except-when-it-suits-you) is somehow a credible source, but the NASA is not. You know. The NASA. That organization that put people on the Moon, somehow would know less science than some journo.

You seem to be one special kind of genius, we're really interested in your views, could you please fill in this quick poll?

Which number is bigger:
* 5
* 15

WTF, how did this not get sifted instantly?

Context:
After looking up the title on Youtube ("Dans la peau d'un Noir"), it turned out to be a documentary from 2007 where two French families, one black one white, "switched" their skin colors to experiment with discrimination (or its sudden absence, as the case may be). Its Wikipedia page mention John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me" as an inspiration.

Additional note which I feel obliged to mention for American viewers: there were no minstrel shows, and so there is no concept of "blackface", in Europe. Of course disguising yourself into some sort of racial stereotype would bring the same type of reaction as anywhere else (or so I hope), but just changing your skin tone would not be considered offensive in itself.

It's *dead Jim!