http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/?asdf THE ROBOTS ARE COMING FOR OUR FLESH!
...Okay, so the point of the press release is that they're not really coming for our flesh, but that's just what they want us to think.
http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=30819 And some... interesting pictures from Japan. Some of these may be slightly not safe for work, and quite a few of them are not safe for sanity.
"Some stars are as big as planets, right? ...small planets?"
That's really one of those things that just sort of stuns you and leaves you unable to reply for several seconds.