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    Sugar Molecule Could Point the Way to Alien Life

    A Crucial Turning Point For HRG In Heroes Volume 4

    First Look At Robot Chicken's Star Wars Extravaganza

    Saturn’s Moon Could Hold Spark of Life

    One Step Closer to Tricorders, with Handheld Device that Identifies Life Forms

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    11/26/08

    In reply to Sugar Molecule Could Point the Way to Alien Life
    So we've discovered a planet full of cotton-candy aliens?


    Cool. Can I eat them?

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    Image of BongoFury BongoFury
    11/26/08

    In reply to Sugar Molecule Could Point the Way to Alien Life
    we've discovered the planet Candyland.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/26/08

    @BongoFury: I hope Galactus isn't diabetic.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    11/26/08

    In reply to Sugar Molecule Could Point the Way to Alien Life
    Great. The entire galaxy is full of carbs.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    11/26/08

    @NotChoinski: This is going right to my thighs.


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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/26/08

    In reply to Sugar Molecule Could Point the Way to Alien Life
    Hi. I know next to nothing about Astronomy and whatnot.


    How the hell did they find sugar on a planet 26,000 light years from Earth? Wouldn't you actually have to have a sample of something to determine what it is? Someone help me out here.

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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    11/26/08

    @Smeagol92055: spectroscopy
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/26/08

    @Mathmos: Ok, layperson attempting a definition here.

    Using spectroscopy means the light passing through or reflected off a particular substance can be analyzed by its color. Right?

    So how much of this molecule have they found; Is there a huge sugary cloud out there or traces in some nebula or a Jovian-type planet's atmosphere? Could it be a single candy bar melting on an alien windowsill?


    Curious dropouts like myself would be very appreciative of any gleaned knowledge.

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    Image of Indigen Indigen
    11/26/08

    @Smeagol92055: Magic.


    Really. This sort of science is ultimately only supported by the fact we can't prove it, so may as well go along with it. Sure, sugar, why not. In ten thousand years when we go there and find it was actually salt, or crystals, or Ted Danson in a tricorn hat, then we know we were wrong.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/26/08

    @Indigen: This is why Hard-SF-only fans rag on the rest of us dopes. The science is real, it works. We just have to stop being lazy and do a bit of research.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/26/08

    @Grey_Area: I'm researching, I'm researching!!!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/26/08

    @Smeagol92055: Cool. Tell me what you find out, I'm too lazy!
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    11/26/08

    @Grey_Area: Hear, hear! And it really isn't that inaccessible or impenetrable. There are zillions of good books written for the general public that explain even the most abstract and remote discoveries that science is making every day.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/26/08

    @corpore-metal: Thanks for the contribution! This was getting too silly even for me.

    So can they tell how much of this sugar is out there and narrow down the location or is it one of those light cone things?
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    11/26/08

    In reply to Sugar Molecule Could Point the Way to Alien Life
    Does the illustration remind anyone else thinking of the ancient Micronauts comic book?
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/12/08

    In reply to A Crucial Turning Point For HRG In Heroes Volume 4
    I kind of love Fringe... Walter cracks me up... and his contant fuckupery of Astrid's name - Asterisk then Astro then Asteroid.... good stuff.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/12/08

    @BeccaThePromoMami: We are watching strictly for Walter. Zone out during the Olivia scenes, snap back to attention when some Mad Science is busted out.
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    Image of ValentineGebroni ValentineGebroni
    11/12/08

    In reply to A Crucial Turning Point For HRG In Heroes Volume 4
    I think Walter called Astrid Asteroid in last nights episode, I still crack up every time he messes up her name.
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    Image of ultra_balexbot ultra_balexbot
    11/12/08

    @ValentineGebroni: and Astro. "Ruh-roh, Reorge!"


    i love that, too.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/12/08

    @ultra_balexbot: Asterisk!
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    Image of RRich RRich
    11/12/08

    In reply to A Crucial Turning Point For HRG In Heroes Volume 4
    "aweSOME"?


    Well, you're half right.

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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    11/12/08

    In reply to A Crucial Turning Point For HRG In Heroes Volume 4
    Every Knight Rider spoiler is a stab in the heart, as it makes me think about the Middleman being cancelled.


    Burn in hell, TV Gods.

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    Image of Crash303 Crash303
    11/12/08

    In reply to A Crucial Turning Point For HRG In Heroes Volume 4
    "Peter may or may not be Walter's "son," but he is definitely Walter's "offspring." (??)"


    Clone?

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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/12/08

    @Crash303: there has been speculation on the imdb boards for Fringe since the first episode that Peter was a clone... that weird talk about his 'unique medical history'....


    and The Observer... it never occured to me that there may have been more that one of him. I thought he was some one who lived outside of time and therefor never appeared to age.... who knows???

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    11/12/08

    @BeccaThePromoMami: so maybe the Observers are batch after batch of clones!
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    11/10/08

    In reply to First Look At Robot Chicken's Star Wars Extravaganza
    True Blood! Robot Chicken! Fringe!

    Amen!
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    Image of CaractacusP CaractacusP
    11/10/08

    In reply to First Look At Robot Chicken's Star Wars Extravaganza
    I truly believe that the only reason Supernatural made the cut is so Sanctuary could be justified. Which would be sad, since, despite the vacuum surrounding the boy's acting abilities, Supernatural is greatly superior.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/10/08

    @CaractacusP: We cover all urban fantasy and scifi now.
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    Image of tbrunner tbrunner
    11/10/08

    In reply to First Look At Robot Chicken's Star Wars Extravaganza
    there's nothing geek-only about Robot Chicken, at least in the episodes I've seen.


    Unless fart jokes are geek-only.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/10/08

    @tbrunner:


    I dunno I've seen some fairly obscure jokes on that show. Like a FF7 spoof. Or the Zelda one.

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/10/08

    @tbrunner: I didn't say it was ALL geek-only I said it was "loaded with geek only" and yeah I was thinking exactly about Zelda.
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    Image of joemono joemono
    11/10/08

    In reply to First Look At Robot Chicken's Star Wars Extravaganza
    Quick question, how can you call something a "First Look" when you're showing a clip from a TV show? Or am I just being nit picky?
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    11/10/08

    @joemono: it's the first look at it? I'm not saying exclusive first look, it's the first time anyone is seeing a clip from the special (at least I think it is). Unless there are a bunch of other clips out there that I don't know about. If so ok then it's the second look.
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    Image of thrashanddestroy thrashanddestroy
    11/10/08

    In reply to First Look At Robot Chicken's Star Wars Extravaganza
    Seth Green is a very tiny man, he could totally fit in my pocket. Uh, no homo...or maybe not? Oh ho!
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/10/08

    @thrashanddestroy:


    I was watching that on Friday thinking "why is seth kneeling down like that?"


    Anyways. The Soup rocks.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/10/08

    @thrashanddestroy: Should have had him standing next to Seacrest.
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