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Tag: science
PodGuesting: Disco Nights Season 3
The podcast doesn't have its own website, but you can find it on iTunes or any of your standard podcast apps. Disco Nights was cancelled mid-season, so not every episode got covered, and I recorded some segments that never made it to air. So you can listen to all of them here:
Science Tangents: The Boys
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
The Science of Eurovision 2019
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...
PodGuesting: Disco Nights Season 2
The podcast doesn't have its own website, but you can find it on iTunes or any of your standard podcast apps. In my own words, I'd describe my role as unofficial science correspondent, talking about some of the science mentioned in each episode (whether the show portrayed it accurately, or not). I've gone ahead and uploaded… Continue reading PodGuesting: Disco Nights Season 2
PodGuesting: AiPT Podcast #57: Science of X-Men
I was a guest on a podcast for the first time ever. What!? Click here to be taken to the site's webpage. Or here to get the episode without any context? I don't know how these things work. They cut out the part where Yelena's internet dropped out in-between mentioning Friends and The Nanny, so we… Continue reading PodGuesting: AiPT Podcast #57: Science of X-Men
The Science of Eurovision 2018
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...
The Largest Planet Found Around the Smallest(-type) Star
The discovery of as large a planet as NGTS-1b around an M-dwarf throws a proverbial wrench into astronomers' assumptions about planetary formation.
Fat Mutant Plants
Whether or not people are going to take this research and try to breed super-sugary/fatty lettuce in some weird attempt to make people buy more salad is a question for another day.
Astronomy in the Tolkien ‘Verse
Does astronomy in Tolkien's literary world line up with ours? Or is it pure fantasy?
