/sci/ - Science & Math

>US army announses cool new futuristic rifle for military
> Wikileaks leaks cables
> eternal youth possible; scientists reverse aging process in mice
>Nasa plans to announce some alien shit on Thursday

Is this the most exciting week in history or what....

BEST WEEK EVER

Humans are the most badass creatures in the galaxy. We breathe oxygen, one of the most poisonous materials in the universe. It's the same fucking thing that makes FIRE. It fucking kills METALS, and we need it to BREATHE. From a totally alien being's viewpoint that must be at least startling, if not outright scary. I read in arthur c. clarcke's book odissey 3010, that this is what enables us to be so fast, compared to his slow, amphibious aliens. The chemical reactions that fuel our body are pretty powerful, relatively speaking.

Also, check out the local fauna, which from a sci-fi viewpoint, was turned into wallets and clothes.
Even our cows, which we eat, are FUCKING MONSTROUS. An alien will shit himself if a cow moos at him, it's a fucking 500kg slab of muscle and fat, capable of crushing a man to death. We made an industry of killing , eating, and using their bodily remains.

How does it feel to be this awesome?