Get ready to walk through airport security naked.

From the Guardian:

Foiled al-Qaeda bomb plot likely to lead to changes in US airport security

Homeland security adviser says FBI is testing latest underwear bomb to determine if it would have cleared current systems
The disruption of a plot by al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula to attack a US-based jet using what is being billed as an “improved” underwear bomb is likely to lead to increased security at American airports, the chief White House adviser on terrorism has indicated.

The full article is here. I have a feeling that we might have to take more than our shoes off the next time we get on a plane bound for the U.S.A.

The Most Astounding Fact

This is awesome. The astronomer Neil Tyson was once asked “What is the most astounding fact that you know?”
An Australian illustrator named Gavin Aung has turned the words he used to reply to the question into a cartoon. These are the first few panels, click anywhere in the illustration to see the full cartoon. You need to see the whole cartoon, trust me.

(h/t to Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy)