Nerdist was started by Chris Hardwick and has grown to be a many headed beast.

Gallifrey One and the Pros of Cons

Next weekend, February 17-19, Gallifrey One, the world’s largest Doctor Who convention, will be celebrating its 23rd anniversary. Once again at the LAX Marriott in Los Angeles, fans will get to see members of the show’s cast and crew from both the new and classic series, attend discussion panels on a number of excellent topics, and even see our illustrious leader, Mr. Hardwick, on Sunday filming stuff. But maybe the… more

Forensic Facial Reconstruction & Fainting Goats

Forensic Facial Reconstruction If you’ve ever seen the show Bones (or left the Discovery Channel on for more than 3 hours) you are familiar with Facial Reconstruction, the process of… more

Staring At Breasts & Miracle Fruit!

Staring At Breasts Makes You Live Longer Researchers in Frankfurt, Germany found that, for men, staring at breasts for 10 minutes a day was equivalent to 30 minutes of aerobic… more

Medical Oddities in My Backyard

There are many reasons to visit Philadelphia – the Liberty Bell, it was our nation’s first capitol, the Franklin Institute, and I’ve been told we also have several sports… more
 

Science Party Tricks

For the past few days my computer has been a patient at the Genius Bar, (she needs a new logic board – poor thing) so I do not have a… more

Space Sex, Moustache Fish & Death By Insomnia!

No Sex in The ISS (International Space Station) According to NASA commander Alan Poindexter, (his real name – I’m guessing high school was pretty rough for Al) sexual relations… more

Bionic Pets and Jane Austen’s Relation to Mouse Pee!

Jane Austen’s Relation to Mouse Pee Biologists at the University of Liverpool have named a protein in mouse urine after Mr. Darcy, the famous character from Jane Austen’s novel “Pride &… more
 

The Penis Detector & Smelly Astronaut Update!

Chat Roulette Developing Penis Detector Bad news guys – Chat Roulette is developing a Penis-Recognition Algorithm. This new addition will skip over all the creeps with their wangs out or… more

Science & Sex!

Well non-human animal sexual behavior – but don’t worry, a column about the science of human sexual behavior is definitely in the works. (It will be yet another entry that… more

Hybrid Animals, Scary Soymilk & Horny Astronauts!

Wholphins, and Geeps, and Zonkeys, OH MY! Now, most of us know about Ligers (thanks, Jon Heder) but I had no idea how many other mammal hybrids existed! Here’s… more
 
 
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