When science is a conveyor of bad news

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Barts_Comet-150x150.thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="100" /></span>Science is a phenomenal institution. Sometimes I can't believe we created this construct that works so incredibly well.