On February 20, 1962, perched atop an Atlas rocket, John Glenn was blasted into space at 17,500 miles per hour. He splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean about five hours later, having orbited the Earth three times, the first American to do so. Our most recent video for Time.com is a tribute to John Glenn, …
Godspeed, John Glenn: 50 Years of Americans in Orbit Read More »
Today I had the most fun I’ve ever had on Twitter, thanks to the OPERA experiment working out of CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider. The blogosphere is ablaze with news that they seem to have detected neutrinos traveling faster than light. If true, it would be the biggest science news of the century, …
Last year, for April 1st, I was asked to make a guest post to a GE blog called Edison’s Desk. So I made this April Fool’s Tribute to Thomas Edison. I had a lot of fun with the links – try ’em all! I must really be an April Fool because this is a big …
FORA.tv has a short video of me performing at the recent Wonderfest science festival in Berkeley. I’m talking about bad science in science fiction movies, and the example in the clip is a classic moment from Star Wars… Link to video on YouTube Link to video on FORA.tv
Friday, October 22, 2010. As part of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, I will be performing 8pm, Friday night, October 22, 2010, at Georgetown University – and it’s free and open to the public (that’s YOU!). For details: Rational Comedy for an Irrational Planet – An Evening of Science Humor My friend Norm …
As part of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, I will be performing multiple shows. At the huge weekend Expo – which is free and open to the public (that’s YOU!) – I will be doing 20-minute sets: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 2:30pm – on the Wilson Plaza stage Sunday, October 24, 2010, 3:30pm …
USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo Saturday Read More »
As part of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, I will be performing multiple shows. At the huge weekend Expo – which is free and open to the public (that’s YOU!) – I will be doing 20-minute sets: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 2:30pm – on the Wilson Plaza stage Sunday, October 24, 2010, 3:30pm …
I will be performing at the Crow’s Nest in Santa Cruz, CA, on Sunday, April 25, 2010. Showtime is approximately 9pm. It’s on Santa Cruz time.
I will be speaking at SkeptiCal 2010, the Northern California Science & Skepticism Conference in Berkeley, April 24. Other speakers include Eugenie Scott, Seth Shostak, Kirsten Sanford, Brian Dunning, and more. See the list of speakers. Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010. 9AM to 6PM. Location: Brower Center, Berkeley, California. Sponsors: Bay Area Skeptics and Sacramento-Area …
I’m on BoingBoing! Maggie Koerth-Baker posted a YouTube clip of me this morning. It’s an excerpt from my performance two weeks ago at Wonderfest, the Bay Area science festival. The entire festival was videotaped by Fora.tv. You can see the rest of my 15-minute performance here. Also, a dialogue I moderated entitled Do Robots Make …