Comments on: Listen to science! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24747 Gary Ansorge Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:10:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/#comment-24747 Ah, cross breeds between humans and other apes. Wonder what the chances are for a gorilla/human hybrid, with the strength of a gorilla and intelligence of a human? Of course, I do believe I've met some that were the other way around,,, GAry 7 Ah, cross breeds between humans and other apes. Wonder what the chances are for a gorilla/human hybrid, with the strength of a gorilla and intelligence of a human? Of course, I do believe I’ve met some that were the other way around,,,

GAry 7

]]> By: Rowsdower http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24746 Rowsdower Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:27:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/#comment-24746 I was listening to the bit about the Alien aliens and a long time ago it occurred to me that the alien was an engineered life form bred for an interplanetary war. The egg is part biological computer which analyzes the target life form to make a face hugger based on its analysis. The face hugger is a second biological computer and genetic laboratory which analyzes the biological functions of the creature it's been attached to and then using the DNA it analyzes produces a variant of the final alien that can use the host as a growth medium. The final alien's purpose is nothing more than to wreak havoc on the race on which it has been unleashed. The face hugger has a certain chance of creating a queen to create more eggs to perpetuate the process. This explains why in Alien 3 the alien has some of the physical characteristics of the dog that it infected. Just my two cents. I was listening to the bit about the Alien aliens and a long time ago it occurred to me that the alien was an engineered life form bred for an interplanetary war. The egg is part biological computer which analyzes the target life form to make a face hugger based on its analysis. The face hugger is a second biological computer and genetic laboratory which analyzes the biological functions of the creature it’s been attached to and then using the DNA it analyzes produces a variant of the final alien that can use the host as a growth medium. The final alien’s purpose is nothing more than to wreak havoc on the race on which it has been unleashed. The face hugger has a certain chance of creating a queen to create more eggs to perpetuate the process. This explains why in Alien 3 the alien has some of the physical characteristics of the dog that it infected.

Just my two cents.

]]> By: Crux Australis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24745 Crux Australis Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:33:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/#comment-24745 Hey, my comment worked without the usual error message! Hey, my comment worked without the usual error message!

]]> By: Crux Australis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24744 Crux Australis Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:32:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/03/listen-to-science/#comment-24744 New Zealand?! Bugger, wish I'd known. New Zealand?! Bugger, wish I’d known.

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