Robbie Gonzalez's discussions

Any mythology buffs care to weigh in with potential names for P4 and P5? I was thinking Typhon and Echidna, but they're both taken already... Read more

I, too, was surprised at the sheer number of nomenclature contradictions. I have to imagine it's pretty tough to establish naming rules for something as poorly understood as... well... the Universe. But good on them for trying? I guess? Read more

You can stop right there. Ruining the fun of our fun-ruining will not be tolerated. Read more

There's just no way I could ever bring myself to do this. Read more

Gets me every time. Read more

Exactly. And quals and prelims, of course, inevitably include a bear-wrangling portion. Read more

That's really interesting — which county is it? Read more

The smile makes the entire video for me. Read more

It makes the video for me. Read more

Definitely a genetic potpourri... it still surprises me how often maps of genetic and cultural uniformity can vary from region to region. Read more

In this instance I took homemade to mean "made from scratch" as opposed to "made in some factory somewhere." There are several amazing tortillerias in Tucson, but (as far as I know) precisely zero in Massachusetts. Read more

I recently moved to Boston from Tucson, AZ. The loss of a source for good, homemade tortillas has been devastating. Read more

Right? Also interesting is what it tells us about the moon's core. The surface of Titan is obviously very cold (duh, liquid methane), and researchers dont think the tidal flexing is maintaining the liquid ocean, so the heat is likely coming from the very center of the moon. Cornell's Jonathan Lunine on the subject: Read more

Also tortillas. Delicious, delicious tortillas. Read more

Ask and ye shall receive. I'm printing off a bunch this weekend. Read more

Yes. That's exactly what's surprising about it. In fact, it's very surprising. Also, that it's liquid water beneath an organic-rich, rocky exterior, and that it's all surrounded by a thick cloud of methane. Those are all very strange features. Put them all together and you've got one weird moon. Read more

And that's exactly what makes it so cool. Read more

Try searching for dragon con instead of comic-con. They're fantastic. Oh, hell... here's a link. Enjoy. Read more

Only if you catch it in the act (which you can't). Read more

Yeah, not a chance. But what if you pitted two of these robo-hands against one another? Read more