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You Made It Weird #21: Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfield

College Humor’s Jake and Amir go from zero to crispy in under 8 para-seconds. Get into it, weirdos! Visit JakeAndAmir.com and follow @JakeAndAmir on Twitter! Follow @peteholmez on Twitter and Like the show on Facebook! Special thanks to Carvin for supplying us with the equipment we need to record this podcast! Check out Carvin.com for more information on recording equipment, guitars, amps and more! Support the show and… more
 
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Posted by on 2/8/12

More Old Sci-Fi Shows Begging For Reboots

Science Fiction programs from the days of yore have been getting the hell rebooted out of them lately, to varying degrees of success. For every Battlestar Galactica or Doctor Who… more
 
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Posted by on 1/24/12

N.W. Edmund’s Catalog Of Wonders And Me

Norman Wilson Edmund died Tuesday. He was 95, and he was a hero of mine. Oh, I didn’t know much about him, but there was only one thing I needed… more
 
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Posted by on 1/20/12

Bad Astronomy In Person: Phil Plait to Guest on the Nerdist Podcast Live in Boulder, CO

Wait. Hold on. You say you live in the Boulder area (or the Denver area, or the Greeley area, or the Fort Collins area, or the anywhere-in-Colorado area) and you… more
 
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Posted by on 1/11/12

 

They Didn’t Explicitly Promise Dolphin Jetpacks, But Here’s One

Here’s a guy named Franky Zapata using a “dolphin jetpack” called the Flyboard that lets him leap from the water and fly through the air just like, um, a dolphin:… more
 
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Posted by on 12/16/11

Better Design Through Chemistry

Did you know that 2011 is the International Year of Chemistry? Okay, maybe YOU knew. I didn’t. Kinda slipped right past me there. The IYC is designed, according to the… more
 
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Posted by on 11/16/11

I Weigh More Than the Internet

In case you’re like me, you’ve never thought about the internet in terms of mass. Before I watched this video, I guesstimated the nets would have to be at least… more
 
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Posted by on 11/9/11

 

The Latest Symphony of Science Video Starring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Plus A Birthday Shout To Carl Sagan

That’s John Boswell’s latest Symphony of Science installment, “Onward to the Edge!” It includes Neil deGrasse Tyson, as heard on the latest Nerdist Podcast, plus bits of Brian Cox narrating… more
 
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Posted by on 11/9/11

Mars Mission Returns to Earth

A simulated Mars mission that is.  The crew of the Mars500 mission successfully spent 520 days locked in a spaceship at a Moscow parking lot.  They were looking to simulate… more
 
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Posted by on 11/7/11

Here’s a Precision Surgical Robot Peeling a Grape

Remember the video we had here last March with the surgical robot folding and throwing a paper airplane? That was cool. So is this: That’s a da Vinci surgical robot… more
 
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Posted by on 9/29/11

 
 
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