Got ya, didn’t I? You thought, with Man of Steel opening this Friday, that I was going to write about the latest spectacular object to streak across our sky. Well, I am, sort of, but only if I continue to torture this dying horse. (After all, the Moon hardly “streaks.”) But if you look up… View Article
The Zombie Apocalypse rages on as Neil deGrasse Tyson hunts for the truth with World War Z author Max Brooks and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and virus expert Laurie Garrett.
What can we actually learn from thinking about a Zombie Apocalypse? It turns out, more than you might think. Because at first glimpse, it seems ludicrous that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would create the posters shown above. And it seems even more ridiculous that the US Naval War College would invite Max… View Article
Want a laugh? Good, because it’s time for some new Cosmic Quips and Clips from our comedy contributor, @DanJPerlman. For those of you who don’t know, the videos in our Cosmic Quips and Clips playlist are our favorite videos we’ve discovered on YouTube where comedy collides with science and pop culture. We’ll start with a… View Article
There’s no escaping the Zombie Apocalypse when Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Max Brooks, author of World War Z and the world’s leading “authority” on these nonexistent killers.
Times have changed in the zombieverse, especially when it comes to pondering the causes of a zombie apocalypse. These days, nobody buys the George Romero, radiation-from-a-satellite-causes-the-dead-to-rise type of zombie apocalypse. And zombies created as a result of a voodoo curse seem so old-fashioned, even quaint. But a 28-Days-Later-Walking-Dead-zombie-virus/pathogen type of apocalypse? Somehow, that seems a… View Article
As some of you may have noticed, we’re in the early stages of building the StarTalk Radio Cosmic Community of academic and scientific organizations, programming groups, schools and astronomy clubs that will promote excitement and interest in STEM education. One way we’ll be helping our community members is spreading the word about the exciting events… View Article
It’s shaping up to be an awesome summer for superhero fans. The season kicked off with a blockbuster Iron Man 3… much better than the average third installment of most super hero sagas. And we’ve still got the Superman reboot, Man of Steel, which looks incredible, the next movie in the X-Men franchise, The Wolverine,… View Article
The tightest alignment of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter that we can see with our own eyes until 2026! The return of Manhattanhenge! This weekend and next week could be an excellent time for looking up… if the weather cooperates. Mercury, Venus and Jupiter When it comes to the planetary alignment, Sky & Telescope magazine has… View Article
