As I share this with you, it is the International Day of the Sloth, 2013. Back on October 5, 2013, my twitter feed was already quite busy, full of well wishes for my birthday, (which I share, coincidentally, with astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson and cosmologist, Sean M...
That mesmerizing installation of light and illusion using 3D projection mapping and robots, Box, that I shared with you last week, left me a bit unsettled.
Most everyone who follows me on social media is aware I have a weakness for two animals: otters and sloths. I’m happy to promote efforts that encourage conservation and well being of these animals...
With only 3% of NASA employees currently at work during the government shutdown, the status of continuing work for the upcoming MAVEN orbiter launching to Mars to analyze the Martian atmosphere mid-November has been uncertain...
Watch, and have your mind bent, blown, and boggled. Astounding. Appropriately, this video ends with the Arthur C. Clarke quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If you’ve recovered from your state of awe and want to learn more about this performance, I’ve grabbed a couple of descriptions directly from the website “Bot [...]..
Media entrepreneur and DIY filmmaker, Boonsri Dickinson , who also has a degree in Chemical Engineering, has created a short scifi film using Google Glass with some help from her iPhone!...
Who has not caught themselves singing along to Queen’s number one hit “Bohemian Rhapsody”? Perhaps we’ve made up words when we didn’t know them!
I am so pleased to announce that renowned animal scientist and autism expert, Temple Grandin, and her co-author of her latest book, “The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum“, Richard Panek, will be our guests on another collaborative Scientific American/Read Science!...
I am very pleased to announce that the SciAm community will be graced by the presence of one of the most well-known naturalists, Edward O. Wilson, an eminent biologist, researcher, and theorist who is the world’s leading authority on ants...
This video depicts NASA’s Curiosity rover observing Mars’ two moons, then shows one moon passing in front of the other. Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, are thought to be asteroids captured in Mars’ gravitational field...
Creative science teachers who allow their students to make science history, science stories and science activities their own are, in my opinion, the greatest asset to furthering science knowledge for civilization...
Mars Curiosity Rover has captured our attention from the time it launched in November 2011 to the time it landed on August 5, 2012 in a very dramatic landing to now.
Summer is a great time to dive into those books that either sweep us away to a new world or ask more of us since we might have some time to participate in the subject matter.
Today, the 44th anniversary of the first moon landing with Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the moon, I present to you some great books to read about space travel, each with their own video, whether it is a trailer for a movie made based on the book or a proper book trailer, a more recent phenomenon.Lost Moon: The perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell inspired the compelling film by Tom Hanks, Apollo 13...
Numerous satellites in orbit around Earth are collecting data constantly of many different facets of the forces of air and water we all live around and in.
A new book by the former Commander of the ISS, and a pro at social media engagement from low Earth orbit, Chris Hadfield, is due out October 2013! It is called, An Astronaut's Guide to Life On Earth.It seems this qualifies Chris Hadfield to be a future guest for my regular Read Science!...
If you love the programs at planetariums or the sci-fi films where you are visually propelled through the expanses of space, prepare yourself for a film specifically designed for the giant screen that explores the planet Saturn using only scientific photographs, primarily from the Cassini-Huygens mission, among others, stitched together and animated to full motion without CGI...
As I reflect on the content of videos I have shared or watched in social media this week, I'm simply in awe at the creativity and ingenuity of humans and how we have used science, technology and engineering (and math) for our health, safety and progress...
I hope most of you were able to get out and see the largest moon of the year, the so-called "Supermoon", last night/this morning where the moon happens to be full and at perigee.
A few weeks back, I shared with you of the first episode of a series of videos about the persistent and rising problem of the global epidemic of TB. Since then, the three final episodes have been released...
