Thursday Links: Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets Curious

* Sarah Silverman and Jim Gaffigan talk space with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

* The Petraeus Files: All the Photos, Chats, Poems, and Other Super-Secret Emails They Don't Want You to See, by Ted Travelstead, for your Kindle.

* A new idea in energy that lives off the grid.

* A visual guide to President Obama analogies.

* The Onion sits down with a terrorism grant winner.

* It's comedian Todd Glass's one year coming-out party.

* Dan Deacon reminds us what America looks like.

* When to tell your sex partner about your Civil War figurines.

* Congratulations to Donald Trump for exposing everyone's hatred of him.

Tags: Civil War, Daily Links, David Petraeus, Donald Trump, Energy & Oil, John Boehner, LGBT, NASA, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sarah Silverman, Terrorism, The New York Times, The Onion, Todd Glass

Our Endorsements: Al Roker Is a Card

* A sympathy card for Al Roker haters.

* It's so hard to say goodbye to 30 Rock.

* Keep calm and carry on, Kate Middleton.

* Google teaches us how to speak in Flanders.

* Ever seen a grown man naked, Mr. President?

* A detailed article on how the NASA space pen works.

* Does homeowners' insurance cover damage from a robot war?

* #TheTCOTComedian is a joke. A hilarious joke that we hope never ends.

Tags: Al Roker, Barack Obama, Conservatives, Daily Links, Google, Jack Lew, Jimmy Fallon, Kate Middleton, NASA, The Onion, Tina Fey, Twitter, White House

Our Endorsements: NASA Plans Space Prison

* NASA wants to build an intergalactic space prison.

* Richard Nixon is an adorable South Korean girl.

* Alabama is world-famous, thanks to reality TV.

* Obama injects some estrogen into his inner circle.

* Huell Howser visits the Nixon Library. RIP to both.

* Historically Awkward presents sexy colonial men from history.

* The President will take 22 minutes out of his busy day for a sitcom.

* Pretty much the coolest money ever imagined. Even more than this.

* Qualcomm's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show raised some ibrows.

Tags: Barack Obama, Daily Links, Funny or Die, Money, NASA, Richard Nixon, Science & Technology, Television, The Onion, Women's Rights

9 Ways We're Dealing With the Mayan Apocalypse

The Mayan apocalypse is neither Mayan nor an apocalypse, but the world has been preparing by:

1. Building an ark. A Dutchmen named Pieter Frank van der Meer has purchased a $17,000 enclosed lifeboat and installed a toilet, a sink and a child's car seat in preparation for the floods he expects to accompany doomsday. Can't he just put his finger in the dike?

2. Building a bigger ark. Lu Zhenhai, from landlocked western China, has dedicated his life savings to building a 21-meter-long monument to human irrationality.

3. Closing schools. More than 30 Michigan schools closed due to violent threats made in relation to the Mayan "prediction," because people can be terrible.

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Tags: Australia, China, Conspiracies, Mexico, NASA, Star Wars, Ukraine

Our Endorsements: SNL's Royal OB-GYN

* Martin Short and Bill Hader discuss the royal ladyparts.

* From The Onion: Illegalize me!

* Holiday guilt trips, from UCB Comedy.

* Gifs make the fiscal cliff fun. No, really!

* You have the right to read this Cracked article.

* A little heavy, but an amazing series of 2012 photographs.

* Jimmy Kimmel gets some surprising answers about the fiscal cliff.

* These countries won't get fooled by fake news again (but fingers crossed!).

* NASA is confident the world isn't going to end Friday. A little too confident.

* Frank Conniff + Baratunde Thurston on the Beginnings podcast = very entertaining.

Tags: Baratunde Thurston, Christmas, Civil Rights, Guns, Kate Middleton, Martin Short, NASA, Queen Elizabeth II, The Onion