Pluto, We Hardly Knew Ye

If so science is so flippin' infallible, why is Pluto no longer a planet?

After more than 70 years of suffering faulty textbooks, the International Astronomical Union has officially kicked Pluto out of the big leagues. AP reports:

"Although astronomers applauded after the vote, Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- a specialist in neutron stars from Northern Ireland who oversaw the proceedings -- urged those who might be 'quite disappointed' to look on the bright side.

"'It could be argued that we are creating an umbrella called "planet" under which the dwarf planets exist,' she said, drawing laughter by waving a stuffed Pluto of Walt Disney fame beneath a real umbrella."

These are scientists. These are scientists trying to be funny.

Not pretty, is it?