A Decade of Explosions: What Mythbusters Taught Me
This post was originally published on Scientific American When the first episode of Mythbusters aired in 2003, I couldn’t drive …
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How Many People Could You Kill With All the Caffeine Consumed on ‘Friends’?
This post was originally published on Scientific American In a cup or two a day, the caffeine in coffee tweaks …
The History of Science Fiction
In my daily routine of scouring the web for interesting and nerdy things, I stumbled across perhaps my new favorite …
Calculate How Much of a Spoiled 90s Kid You Were
I was born in 1989, meaning that my earliest years were filled with toys from the 90s. In fact, looking …
Science in Aggregate: Week 16
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …
Shark Attacks in Perspective
I love comparisons and unit conversions. Most of the times they are fun. For example, if Daniel Day-Lewis touched an …
To Be A Naturalist With Crazy Artistic Skills
The photos below are reminiscent of an earlier time. A time when the low hanging fruit of biological description meant …
The Animals Hiding in a T. rex’s Roar
This post originally appeared on Scientific American Instead of producing the terror you may suspect, cinema’s most famous roar would …
If You Shoot For The Moon and Miss…
Science, the great realizer, can’t help but bleed into inspirational quotes. So I made this: The nearest star to the …
The Beatles Were More Popular Than Jesus For One Week In 1966
Let’s get the clichés out of the way: The Beatles are probably the best band of all time, and the …
The Komodo Dead: What Really Kills in The Walking Dead
This post originally appeared on Scientific American You don’t need a gun. You don’t need a knife or a machete …
First Contact: Don’t F**k This Up For Us
Chances are, if you meet an alien, it will look nothing like you. It won’t understand you, and you won’t …
A Night of Walking Dead Nerdery
AMC’s The Walking Dead is shambling to a close, but that doesn’t mean that we still can’t take some time …
Science in Aggregate: Week 11
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the hundreds …
The Ocarina of Time Travel, Extra Dimensions and Branching Universes
This post originally appeared on Scientific American One of the most critically acclaimed videogames of all time had a core …
Oscar Night Nerdiness
I spent a week preparing for the Oscars. I researched around 30 nerdy things to share with you, and, in …
The Biggest Bed In The World For The NBA’s Tallest Players
Shaquille O’Neal is either simply huge or has a terrible case of the jimmy legs. This is Shaq’s bed shown …
Valentine’s Day Facts and Figures
Yesterday I went on a love binge and linked out a new Valentine’s Day factoid every 30 minutes for 12 …
The Last Thing the Squirrel Saw
This post originally appeared on Scientific American We have to assume it was a squirrel, but we know how it …
Why the Zombie Apocalypse Wouldn’t Happen
This post originally appeared on Randi.org Bent on gorging ourselves on bleak and bloody visions of our own destruction, pop …
