BOSTON, MA – A bleary-eyed Iceland group left Wooster at 4 am this morning to begin the journey to the land of fire and ice. We’ve arrived in Boston and are comfortably checked-in. We are patiently awaiting our flight to Keflavik airport, arguably the most geological airport in the world. Proof that we really are [...]

Zellen sind mit einem Selbstzerstörungsmechanismus ausgestattet. Dieser kann von außen aber auch von der Zelle selbst, also von innen betätigt werden, wenn irgendetwas mit dieser Zelle gerade gründlich schief läuft oder bereits gelaufen ist. Durch diesen Mechanismus, die sogenannte Apoptose, kann der Schaden für den Gesamtorganismus minimiert werden, indem die beschädigte Zelle gezielt zerstört und…

The Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2 has always been one of my favorite video game guns, both in terms of design as well as use. It was always amazing to me that it took almost eight years for accomplished prop builders to take a crack at it, given how iconic both the weapon and the game are to the broader gaming community.In December 2012, I decided to start on a build of it myself.For the uninitiated, the Gravity Gun is one of the primary weapons and tools that you use in the video game Half-Life […]

This post contains graphic discussions of bodies and pornography. TW for body image issues. I can’t pretend that some of my reasons for engaging in the comment sections aren’t personal. I first hopped online when I was just over a decade old. As I had been socialized almost exclusively among other Muslims, the Internet was my chance to interact with people who resembled the mean and mode in American society far more than my family and community did. Had I stayed a good Muslim […]

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