Snapshots from Space: A Tour Past Two Moons of Saturn
More than a billion kilometers from here, a city-bus-sized robot has just rounded the corner on a close looping flight around Saturn. I’m talking about Cassini, a huge autonomous spacecraft… more
LYT Review: “Avengers” is the Mighty Money Shot You’ve Been Awaiting
The term “geekgasm” does not go amiss here. If you’re like me – not in every way, obviously, because that would be weird, but in the key hypothetical way required… more
The Art of Science Tattoos
Websites herding pictures of nerd tattoos are in no shortage on the internet; but Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium was always something special. Zimmer didn’t just want snapshots: he wanted… moreExclusive Interview: Rian Johnson on the “Looper” Trailer and More
I first encountered Rian Johnson on the radio — we were both USC cinema students at the time, and worked on the student radio station’s entertainment staff, which entailed regurgitating… more11 Future Inventions We Want Most (Apparently)
Hi folks! Last week, I was honored to be a guest on Sam Greenspan’s excellent internet show 11 Points Countdown, a show where users vote for the top 11 things… moreDriving Blind: Taking Google’s Self-Driving Car for a Spin
We’ve been hearing about self-driving cars forever, but it’s only when seeing one in action that the enormity of the technological achievement sinks in. Google has been testing these things… moreFast Brother Is Watching You
If someone wants to find you, they can. And that’s illustrated in a particularly Big-Brotherish manner by this video from DigInfo showing a surveillance system by Hitachi Kokusai Electric that… more
