Science in Fiction, elsewhere on the internet
I’ve started writing for Physics Today, covering how science and technology is used in the entertainment industries. The first column for Enterprise just went live, looking at how a traditional...
View ArticleElsewhere on the internet… Elysium
Science review of Elysium over on space.com suggests that the technology is plausible.
View Article2013 Dragon Con schedule — asteroids and disasters and scifi, oh my!
Officially, I’ll be visiting the Space, Science, Stargate, Science Fiction Literature, Apocalypse Rising and American Science Fiction and Fantasy Media. As always, Dragon Con schedules are subject to...
View ArticleDay of the Doctor
With the Doctor Who 50th anniversary less than a day away, I’ve got a piece up on Physics Today about the astronomy and cosmology in Doctor Who. Thank you to everyone who helped with the article,...
View Articleio9
I’m over on space.io9.com as a writer and quasi-editor (highlighting quality space-related content from other locations in the Gawker media universe), commenting on astronomy news and teaching space...
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Kerbals!
I love the Kerbal Space Program. Here’s some of my favourite screenshots from the past few months of playtime.
View ArticleDear Kepler, I love you.
Kepler is the plucky little spacecraft that taught us we aren’t alone in the universe, and that planets are everywhere. It captured the imagination of farmers, citizen-scientists, and astronomers...
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Spotting Meteoroids while Skydiving?
You’ve seen the footage of a rock falling past a skydiver. It looks like this particular object was an accidentally chute-packed rock. But, what are the chances of a skydiver eventually seeing a...
View ArticleThings I Wrote This Week
For the past two months, I’ve been writing for the Space subsite on io9. If you haven’t checked it out before, here’s some stories stories from this week that you might find interesting: Stories from...
View ArticleAtmospheric Science in Stargate: Atlantis Brain Storm
While I wrote about this a bit when the show first aired way back in the dawn of time, I recently cleaned it up and made it pretty. If you missed it the first time, you can read about it … Continue...
View ArticleChasing Science at Dragon Con
It’s that time of year again already! I’m heading to Dragon Con in Atlanta, and as always I’ve got a packed schedule of awesome science to chase around the pop culture convention. See you there? The...
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