Today is Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday (on the Gregorian-adjusted calendar). In addition to laying out the Laws of Motion, he also did innovative work on the properties of light, as can be seen in this Lego re-enactment. And of course the logo for Apple, Inc. would only have half the ...

This past year was, indeed, a strange and fascinating year.  There were so many stories that captured our hearts and others that made us say "WTF?"  From crazy weather to lousy economies, from Charlie Sheen to Chaz Bono, from Casey Anoth...

This has been a banner year for geeky music. From Anthrax’s epic zombie-slaying anthem to one of Weird Al’s finest efforts to date, 2011 has come correct with the musical magic. But despite breakthrough releases by acts like I Fight Dragons and Jonathan Coulton at long last capturing imaginations on ...

Derek Van Gorder and Otto Stockmeier have a dream: To create a science fiction film, but without the space-age effects. In other words, to eschew the digital, and favor the analog. Their movie C, which follows the story of an idealistic flight officer who hijacks a spaceship during an interplanetary cold ...

Every year, my family celebrates the eight days of Hanukkah with eight fun experiments. We’re at it again this year, starting with a balloon rocket experiment. [Come join Kay Holt for eight nights of science, with how-to instructions, for the ho...

A short education in fine chocolate making.

The world needs engineers. For many of us geeks, we have an engineer in our life (or are one ourselves) and have been exposed to the impact engineering has on society and industry in the United States. For many folks in the U.S., especially teens, the glorious and productive field ...

Remember 20 years ago (has it really been that long?) when the Teen Talk Barbie uttered the phrase “Math class is tough!” and ignited a firestorm of bad publicity for Mattel? You’d think people would have learned their lesson by now. Apparently not. Ok, sure Mattel ended up pulling the ...

Consider the following: It’s Bill Nye the Science Guy’s birthday! Aside from hosting his fantastic 1993-1998 TV show (my daughter was born in 1997, so reruns and locally syndicated airings of Bill Nye the Science Guy were favorites around our house when she was little), Bill Nye: was a Boeing engineer who ...

While most may be happy to get their post-holiday meal physics lesson from the mock-gladiatorial combat represented by college or pro football, can we suggest something a little geekier? Tonight at 8:00pm Eastern/Pacific, 60% of the MythBusters (that’s Kari, Grant, and Tory) will be hosting Punkin Chunkin on Science. Punkin Chunkin ...