LHC tops list of worst predictions of 2008, science cameos on the Simpsons, that annoying friend who can eat anything and not get fat happens to be a mutant, the irresistible intersection of food and science, lose that pinkie finger and you might regret it...

  • Milkshakes for All Our Mutated Friends!
    We all have one of those friends who can eat just about anything and never gain weight, and now it seems that their blessing isn’t because of their secret identity as a triathlete, but rather the luck of the draw when it comes to their genes.
  • Simpsonian Science
    The longest running (and arguably best written) sitcom turns out to be written by some pretty science-savvy folks, best demonstrated in this top-20 list of science cameos in the Simpsons.
  • Get Along Without a Pinkie? It’s Tougher Than You Might Think
    The runt of the five-fingered litter, the pinkie, turns out to be far more valuable than those torturers threatening dedigitization seem to believe.
  • Revelations from the new science of cooking
    It is hard to resist a topic that combines food and science, so we shan’t any longer.
  • Worst Predictions of the Year
    Making the list of worst predictions this year is the statistically insignificant threat posed by the LHC and the ever-so-slight probability of creating a miniature black hole. Hurray 2008!

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