After an unfortunate hiatus, the 65th Eurovision Song Content (ESC) has returned. This time, in Rotterdam. All 39 participating countries submitted their songs a while back (available for viewing/listening on the ESC’s official YouTube channel) but I’ve only gotten around to this post just now. #PhDLife I’m going to keep doing science tangents on their lyrics until… Continue reading The Science of Eurovision 2021
I started rewatching the wonderful ATLA on Netflix - binging, of course - and made it to the penultimate episode of season 1 (aka Book 1) before I thought about any science no-nos. That's pretty impressive for a show that upholds the much-outdated idea that fire, water, air, and earth are elements. Anyway, here are… Continue reading Science Tangents: Avatar: The Last Airbender
I watched Amazon’s The Boys this week. So instead of the usual 60′s Marvel fare, here’s some tangential science relating to the superpowers featured in the show
Last year I was inspired to find random moments of science in several of the entries' lyrics. No one told me never to do it again, so here we go...
Last year I threw together a quick post talking about the differences between the MCU's Avengers: Infinity War and the original 90's series the Thanos Quest and the Infinity Gauntlet. This post shall have nothing of the sort, as I'm struggling to find anything similar other than the fact that everyone who gets snapped out of… Continue reading Throwing Stones at Marvel’s Endgame
Last year I was inspired to find random moments of science in several of the entries' lyrics. No one told me never to do it again, so here we go...
I pitched this post to my SYFY Wire editor and he totally ghosted me. Oh well.
Spoilers for a 27-year-old comic ahead...and, ya know...a brand new movie
Without asking my 7-year-old niece for confirmation, I give it a thumbs up for the target audience.
Does astronomy in Tolkien's literary world line up with ours? Or is it pure fantasy?
