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How Tardigrades Saved The Enterprise

June 6, 2013

This article was originally published on my Scientific American blog If you trekked into a theater last month to see …

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Treebeard Joins The NRA

June 1, 2013

This post was originally published at Scientific American [Treebeard addresses the other Ents assembled in the forest]: “We come from …

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Death By Lens Flare: Drink Into Darkness

May 30, 2013

This post was originally published at my Overthinking It blog at Scientific American The latest installment of Star Trek warped …

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An Open Letter to Animal Planet: Learn The Difference Between Real and Fake Monsters

May 28, 2013

This post was originally published on my new Scientific American blog, Overthinking It Dear Animal Planet: All monsters are not …

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Small Study of Reflexology Finds Nothing, Headline Should Read

May 16, 2013

This post was originally published on Randi.org If alternative medicine wants to be taken more seriously, the studies must be …

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Science in Aggregate: Week 18

May 5, 2013

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

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The History of Science Fiction

May 1, 2013

In my daily routine of scouring the web for interesting and nerdy things, I stumbled across perhaps my new favorite …

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Calculate How Much of a Spoiled 90s Kid You Were

April 30, 2013

I was born in 1989, meaning that my earliest years were filled with toys from the 90s. In fact, looking …

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Science in Aggregate: Week 17

April 28, 2013

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

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Could the Boston Bomber Have Fled from Infrared?

April 27, 2013

This post originally appeared on Scientific American Late last Friday a terrible week that began with the bombing of the …

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The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like

April 24, 2013

In my latest for Popular Science, I take a look at a newly discovered exoplanet and do a little math …

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Science in Aggregate: Week 16

April 21, 2013

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

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Coincidences Are Meaningful, Just Not Like That

April 20, 2013

This post was originally published on Randi.org “A coincidence is like a magic trick. There is an instant tension between …

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Shark Attacks in Perspective

April 19, 2013

I love comparisons and unit conversions. Most of the times they are fun. For example, if Daniel Day-Lewis touched an …

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What Mushroom Clouds Can Reveal About The Waco Explosion

April 18, 2013

Last night, a fertilizer plant in Waco, Texas caught fire and exploded. The energetic rupture shook the earth for miles …

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Science on the Vine: Antimatter Beer, Cat Purrs, Frame Rates, Climbing Friction

April 14, 2013

You can find all my other Science on the Vine videos here Science on the Vine: Climbing Friction vine.co/v/bFmlLWXD5hW — …

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Science in Aggregate: Week 15

April 14, 2013

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

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To Be A Naturalist With Crazy Artistic Skills

April 13, 2013

The photos below are reminiscent of an earlier time. A time when the low hanging fruit of biological description meant …

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Science on the Vine: Colds and Acceleration

April 12, 2013

You can find all my other Science on the Vine videos here Science on the Vine: Winter Colds vine.co/v/bdY3XwQZrX3 — …

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If You Shoot For The Moon and Miss…

April 11, 2013

Science, the great realizer, can’t help but bleed into inspirational quotes. So I made this: The nearest star to the …

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