It is fun to watch Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think he does a very nice job even when speaking about politics. Ok, check out this video from Real Time with Bill Maher:

Not that I don’t trust him, but I guess I want to check. Would one trillion dollar (1 dollar bills I assume) stack to the moon and back four times?

How thick is one dollar?

I don’t usually carry cash in my wallet, but when I do I measure it. There were 5 bills. I measured the thickness of just one, then two and so forth. After all five were stacked, I started folding them over. Here is a picture.

Yes, this would be difficult to...

In a significant victory for corporate personhood, Apple has developed a drinking problem. For the second time, a prototype iPhone has been left behind in a bar, presumably abandoned after the owner was propositioned by an Android smartphone with more “swagger.”

I take away two things from these twin incidents. First, whatever flaws iPhones have, they’re gin-proof. This is a relief; I lost my first Newton to a Singapore Sling in ‘94.

Secondly, Apple has a suspicious knack for headline-friendly loss incidents. A bar is an ideal place to lose a hip new piece of consumer technology. “Apple Loses...