Parallel Evolution Ponderer Gifts

There are planets where lifeforms are almost human...

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Quantum Psychic

"Today we'll examine that age old question of robot accomplishment: programming or processor?"

"Of course you can't put your finger on it. It's a hypothetical particle."

Thinking and thinking backwards.

'I ask myself-do I really want to sleep on the edge of the bed again?'

Progress?

"What's with kids nowadays? Walking upright's not good enough for you?"

"Sure, but what have you invented lately?"

Time, Temp, Today's Neutrino Mass

Keystone XL

"Apparently, over two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water!"

'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

'The hippiest dryads were often farouche.'

Planetary Science. What do we call the study of gas giants in space? Gastronomy.

Are you aware? The Higgs Boson was thought to exist even through no one had seen it!

"Is there a God?"

"I can't help thinking there's a book in this."

"Well, for starters, Matt has been showing definite improvement in risk-taking."

'Though we must innovate, and though we must grow, we must never lose sight of our core mediocrities.'

'That's from the last year the data was available.'

Dorothy finds the Yellow brick road is now a 6-lane expressway.

Bizarre sights.

Dr. McPhee discovers the Embarrassment Particle.

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

The mysterious world of ligand substitution

The Big Four debate banking ethics

"You're right! It is much easier to explain it this way!"

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars … Mercury … Um, Pluto? Charon? No, Pluto … or Eris? Ugh …

'Mind you, I'm not responsible for the entire pipeline ?' just the section that flows through my office.'

Left and Right: Please be consistent.

"Hang on - I've forgotten the question!"