Orange County ska rock superheroes The Aquabats were founded in 1994 and almost since their inception, front man Christian Jacobs (aka MC Bat Commander) has been attempting to bring the band’s blend of humor, mythology, and comic book antics to television. They finally did so with The Hub network’s The Aquabats! Super Show!, which premiered in March of 2012 and is out now on DVD, but it took… more
This week on the Nerdist Channel’s StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neil and Eugene Mirman welcome Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman, and astrobiologist David Grinspoon at Brooklyn’s Bell House for a… more
What makes us nerds the coolest (no, really) is how we find ways to incorporate our obsessions into our everyday lives. If a nerd has a particularly huge amount of… more
Maybe you could have used this for the holidays, when your family gatherings were wracked by arguments over whether the Earth is flat or not, but Minute Physics’ latest video… more
This week on the Nerdist Channel’s StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, It’s all about the science of Star Trek, and who better to talk about that than Wil Wheaton himself?… more
This week on the Nerdist Channel’s StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Alan Rickman is Dr. Tyson’s guest, and, yes, this is one that, I believe, hasn’t been released before now… more
The announcement of new Star Wars movies the other week filled me with a bit of trepidation, but mostly a lot of childlike excitement. I’m not merely excited for… more
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — the most recent arrival to Mars orbit — carries what is arguably the greatest camera ever sent beyond Earth orbit. Called HiRISE, it can capture color… more
Well, why SHOULDN’T Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson be in a Superman comic?
Yes, everyone’s favorite astrophysicist and the host of the appropriately-titled Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson on the… more
There are seven active deep-space missions that frequently post fresh images to the Internet. I’ve featured images from the Curiosity rover and Cassini Saturn orbiter here before; here’s an image… more