Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently? (9 comments)
Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently?
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 11:54 PM
I love that
The Discovery Channel endorsed
this Sheldon toon over on their blog.
Because if there's one thing I have always prided myself on, as a cartoonist, it's my in-depth, thorough knowledge of deep-sea aquatic life. And to finally, FINALLY get credit for that is just....well, it's long overdue.
So! Now that we have The Discovery Channel's seal of approval, it's a green light to pursue some solid, cutting edge, comic-strip science. First up, Sheldon will explain what went wrong with the Large Hadron Collider's test run, and will conclusively prove why the machine won't find the Higgs boson.
Then, two weeks from now, Flaco will talk at length about the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, and show beyond doubt how it related to the fall of the British Empire.
Then, just before Thanksgiving, Dante will be reading from his peer-reviewed paper on genetic evolution of maladaptive traits... showing how that relates to the now-extinct Irish Giant Deer.
Because science is what we do here, people. It's what we do.
All joking aside: Thanks for the kind shout-out, Discovery!
NDStegs
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Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 03:33 AM (
#45570)
Just over a month ago (September 11), I added the reference on the Wikipedia page for Kiwa Hirsuta. I figured Sheldon should get a mention in the Popular Culture section.
relishgargler
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Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 07:24 AM (
#45573)
Wait, Dante's not dead?
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Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:24 AM (
#45575)
Flaco will talk at length about the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, and show beyond doubt how it related to the fall of the British Empire.
At the risk of tickling the antennae of impropriety, for which I humbly apologize in advance and plead the allure of an irresistible retort...
That's gonna be one long-ass squee.
Splinky
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Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:27 AM (
#45576)
Waaaait a minute... Nobody told me this strip was going to be ejumacational. I may have to stop reading!
Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 01:11 PM (
#45578)
Well, the LHC may not find the Higgs boson, but then it will find something similar.
Even if the Higgs mechanism is wrong, the energy range for whatever causes the mass differnce between photons and the W'n'Z bosons is in the low end of what the machine can do.
If that summetry breaking thingummabob doesn't show up, I'll eat one of my hats.
Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 01:36 PM (
#45579)
*might
dammit - where's the edit button?
Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 02:22 PM (
#45580)
That's pretty cool that the Discovery people are paying attention. Way to go, Dave! :)
As a side note (since it was mentioned in that particular strip), they may know their science, but almost anytime they talk about the Bible or anything theological, they tend to do a very poor job. I'd kind of rather they just leave that particular topic alone.
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Trtlgrl
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Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 12:23 PM (
#45592)
I just love that it's called a Yeti Crab. It looks like something out of a Star Wars movie.
Re: Sheldon: Gettin' Science Right! ....Apparently (Score: 1)
posted Monday, October 27, 2008 - 01:13 AM (
#45630)
Looks like something that might live in one of Yoda's ears.
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