For Entertainment Purposes Only: Calculating the Cost of a Death Star
You may have asked yourself at some point in your life how much it would cost to build a Death Star today. And then you’d think, well, that’s kind of… moreMore 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… moreCourse of the Force Episode 2: The Wrath of Han
The search for the lightsaber continues, as Kyle Kinane joins the cause in Episode II of the Course of the Force webseries. As we saw in Episode I, Matt Mira… moreN.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
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… moreThey 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
