I’ve already watched this a few times. It’s so beautiful, and it so effectively visualizes pieces of the futures we all know from some of our beloved science fiction series.
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Tune in online to watch a live Q&A with the Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, and Seth MacFarlane discussing their new science miniseries COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey, tonight at 9-10pm EST at COSMOSonTV.com. Send in your questions via Twitter using #cosmoslive.
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We at GeekDad have been anxiously awaiting the new Cosmos series, to be hosted by the one and only Neil deGrasse Tyson, since it was first announced nearly two years ago. FOX has just released the first official trailer for the series at Comic-Con International, and it’s just as awesome (and I mean that literally) as I’d hoped it would be.
Continue ReadingImage via Wikipedia Today would have been Carl Sagan’s 77th birthday, and in his honor the Center for Public Inquiry has declared this the third annual Carl Sagan Day. Inspired by the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, Carl Sagan’s …
Continue ReadingToday is Carl Sagan Day. This popular scientist and writer awakened a generation to the wonders of our Universe through his books and TV series Cosmos. You may want to celebrate this, the anniversary of his birth, by wearing a turtleneck and looking at the stars. Or by fostering the curiosity of a child in […]
Continue ReadingAstrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will host a follow-up to the groundbreaking Cosmos science series.
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What do you get if you add together an internationally respected physicist, several stand up comedians, a doctor slash journalist hell-bent on uncovering scientific inaccuracies in the press and an author most famous for his involvement in a contentious libel case, put them all together in a room filled with 2,400 geeks and see what […]
Continue ReadingImage via Wikipedia Centered around what would have been his 76th birthday (November 9), this year we celebrate Carl Sagan Day on November 6 — that is, tomorrow. This is the second year that people have organized activities surrounding this …
Continue ReadingI had the opportunity on Thursday to interview Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer and host of the new TV show Phil Plait’s Bad Universe. I had a great time talking with him, and, since the show premieres tonight at 10pm …
Continue ReadingRight now, even as you read this, there are asteroids and comets hurtling towards Earth, and only Phil Plait can save us! Well, all right, that’s a slight exaggeration. The danger is probably at least 26 years away, and Plait …
Continue ReadingHere at GeekDad, we’re big fans of Carl Sagan, the GOAT when it comes to making science understandable for the masses (IOHO). In September of this year, Mr. Sagan went viral posthumously with the internet hit “A Glorious Dawn”, a …
Continue ReadingYou know a person is famous when they are auto-tuned posthumously into a geeky internet music hit! This year, in honor of what would have been his 75th birthday, a great group of sponsors will be hosting the first annual …
Continue ReadingWe’ve come a long way since the early days of MTV. Designed to spread knowledge and philosophy, the Symphony of Science is a music video project paying tribute to the great minds of popular science. “We Are All Connected,” featuring …
Continue ReadingI’d like to think I’m not alone in despising the pop music’s reliance on Auto-Tune, but record sales don’t seem to support that wish. Fortunately a few good things have come of Auto-Tune, including a couple of my favorites, Auto-Tune …
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