2986. "Every Scientific Field"

'Conveniently for everyone, it turns out that dark energy is produced by subterranean parasitoid wasps.'

2987. "Tectonic Surfing"

'The worst is when you wipe out in the barrel and you're trapped for several million years until erosion frees you.'

2988. "Maslow's Pyramid"

'The local police, building inspector, and fire marshal are all contesting my 'safety' assertion, or would be if they could reach me past all the traps.'

2989. "Physics Lab Thermostat"

'Hopefully the HVAC people set it to only affect the AIR in the room.'

2990. "Late Cenozoic"

'Our nucleic acid recovery techinques found a great deal of homo sapiens DNA incorporated into the fossils, particularly the ones containing high levels of resin, leading to the theory that these dinosaurs preyed on the once-dominant primates.'

2991. "Beamsplitters"

'Under quantum tax law, photons sent through a beamsplitter don't actually choose which path they took, or incur a tax burden, until their wavefunction collapses when the power is sold.'

2992. "UK Coal"

'The Watership Down rabbits removed an additional 0.1 nanometers constructing their warren, although that was mostly soil. British rabbits have historically mined very little coal; the sole rabbit-run coal plant was shut down in the 1990s.'