Ants... In... Space

Ant writes "The Fowler students picked an experiment with ants, rather than plants, because they wanted to see some activity in space. They have been following the ants' progress on the web. The students and their teachers also have learned that sometimes the best thought-out hypothesis does not pan out in reality. 'We predicted that the ants would tunnel a lot slower in microgravity, but we're finding out they're moving a lot faster,' said Golash. The students have a control group of ants at their school, living in a similar environment except with gravity. After the shuttle returns from its scheduled 16-day flight in early February, the young scientists will have 30 days to put together a preliminary report. Their "Ants in Space" experiment was sponsored by SPACEHAB, an aerospace company that has worked with NASA for many years to design and build hardware for space experiments."

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Hmph.

[spaten-optimator]

I was hoping I'd be the first to make the Simpson's "sort tiny screws in space" joke. But now I see that EVERY SINGLE PERSON who posted before me used a quote from the "Homer in Space" episode already.

But, hey, maybe I can still milk this article for more Karma.

"I don't understand, it was non-alcoholic champagne."
or maybe...
"You mean I waxed my bikini zone for NOTHING?"

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Re:No, you fucking morons.

[Lord Bitman]

"Flamebait" is intended to spark long meaningless ranting and iritation- encouraging someone else to "Flame" my post.

"Troll" is just meaningless insults, not intended to spark any sort of discussion (meaningful or otherwise)

You bitches.