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

Star Trek's Nine Lives - How The Sci-Fi Saga Keeps Cheating Death

Right now, you can’t turn a corner and not see something Star Trek-related hit you in the face, with the theatrical release this past week of JJ Abrams’ long awaited sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. For nearly fifty years now, the Star Trek franchise has been a part of American popular culture in some form, and many out there see it as something perennial, something that is always there… more

The Collection: Gatsby Game for Good, 3-Headed “Get Lucky,” and More

Can’t end the week without another edition of The Collection, our compilation of cool stuff around the Net, can we? No, we can’t. So here you go, starting with a… more

“Mythbusters”‘ Greatest Hits

So, I saw this tweet from Adam Savage the other day: Check out the GREATEST @mythbustersFAN VIDEO TRIBUTE EVAR: youtube.com/watch?v=WyLFKM…— Adam Savage (@donttrythis) May 8,… more

Weird Old Sci-Fi: “The Black Hole”

Continuing along the post-Star Wars path as last week’s Battle Beyond the Stars, this week’s Weird Old Sci-Fi movie is something that has to be seen to be believed. Everybody… more
 

A Preview from “The Nerdist”: Matt and Jonah’s L.A. Space Tour

Matt Mira and Jonah Ray take a little “L.A. Space Tour” and meet up with Bill Nye, the Science Guy in this sneak peek from next Saturday’s space-centric episode… more

The Trek Initiative: Engage!

Star Trek fans, get ready to be more excited than you were by the last Into Darkness trailer. At the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (or C2E2, of course) today,… more

Jason Silva Plays Games with Our Brains

Jason Silva spends a lot of his time thinking. More than that, he thinks about how we as people think and process the world around us. He parlayed his love… more
 

Cat Science

ASAP Science did this three minute video on “The Science of Cats,” and as the loving owner/caretaker/parent of Ella the World’s Most Famous Cat, it’s stuff I find… more

Sine Wave Plus Water Equals Cool

Okay, look at this: This is a remake of an experiment by Brusspup that shows what happens when a stream of water is run past a 24hz sine wave: the… more

Jonah Ray to Host Nerdist-Produced National Geographic Channel Pilot

Here’s another one… Nerdist Industries has another pilot in the works, this one hosted by our own Jonah Ray and being made for National Geographic Channel. The show is called… more