Godspeed, John Glenn: 50 Years of Americans in Orbit
On February 20, 1962, perched atop an Atlas rocket, John Glenn was blasted into space at 17,500 miles per hour. […]
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My 25 Mundane Neutrino Explanations
Today I had the most fun I’ve ever had on Twitter, thanks to the OPERA experiment working out of CERN,
My Love Affair with Space
On the eve of the final mission of NASA’s – and the nation’s – 30-year-long space shuttle program, I present to you a video love letter – my newest piece for Time Magazine’s website, wherein Tara and I journey to Florida to witness our first launch, Discovery’s last.
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Lunar Eclipse Defined by Wikipedia
In celebration of today’s lunar eclipse, Google‘s logo features an animated moon. When you click through, as usual, you get a
Space: The Private Frontier
My new video (produced by David Clair) is up at Time.com. It’s about Elon Musk and SpaceX – and we
They Might Be Giants Video for Time
Here Comes Science is supposedly a kids’ album but it’s my favorite They Might Be Giants album. I love it.
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Helium – So Long and Thanks for all the Balloons!
Somehow this didn’t make it into the blog earlier – our Time.com video about helium. A flight in a zeppelin,
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Videos for Time Magazine
You can easily access all the science videos I’ve made for Time Magazine’s website at this link – the results
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Free WiFi on Virgin America – Thanks, Google!
For the holiday season, Google is offering free WiFi on all Virgin America flights. So this is my first in-flight