Wrapping up a great first day of the “Let’s Have An Awesome Time Doing Science!” conference/unconference, Ron Vale, Chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology at UCSF, endeavored to impart some optimism and positivity to some proceedings that would no doubt also explore some of the challenges and downsides of doing science. He …
I have a new video essay on Time.com about Galileo and the International Year of Astronomy. It features exoplanet hunter extraordinaire Geoff Marcy and Ben Burress of the Chabot Space and Science Center. Check it out. Let me know what you think. And get your own Galileoscope!…
Someone I met via Twitter – Delia the Artist – just interviewed me for Current.com. Current has a shorter, edited version of the interview but Delia is hosting the full interview on her own site. And, oh look! Here comes the full version now… Where does science meet comedy? Somewhere in Brian Malow’s universe. From …
Looks like Frito-Lay is getting into the God Game. A couple from my home state of Texas, found a one-armed two-inch praying Jesus in a bag of Cheetos purchased at a gas station. Yes, it’s the traditional Second Coming story, just as you remember it. Sarah Bell was eating the Cheetos out of her hand …
I’ve lost my virginity! I’ve been slashdotted! If you found your way here from there – thanks for stopping by. The blog is relatively new. There will much image, audio, video, and text content added in the coming months. To find your way from here to there: Stand-Up Comic Makes Science Funny Thanks to Andrew …
“I am at two with Nature.” – Woody Allen * * * Unlike Woody, today I am at one with Nature… the magazine, anyway. One page of it. There’s a short Q&A with me in the current issue of Nature. The writer/interviewer is Nick Thomas, who is not only a chemistry professor but also an …
These are the days of miracle and wonder This is the long distance call The way the camera follows us in slo-mo The way we look to us all The way we look to a distant constellation That’s dying in a corner of the sky These are the days of miracle and wonder And don’t …
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While at Science Foo Camp 2008, I grabbed a few quick interviews for the Nature podcast, which was posted today on Nature.com. Just a few soundbites from attendees David Bauer, Brian Cox, Chris Patil, and Martin Rees. And a shout out to me. It’s the latest episode so, for now, you can find it here. …
“Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.” – Gregory Benford‘s law of controversy (an adage from his 1980 novel Timescape).
Q: Do androids dream of electric sheep? A: Only the ones from the Deep South. The others dream of electric French maids. – Brian Malow