Treebeard Joins the NRA
[Treebeard addresses the other Ents assembled in the forest]: "We come from that line of Ents who broke from Sauron to live their own lives as free trees...
Stories by Kyle Hill
Death By Lens Flare: Drink Into Darkness
The latest installment of Star Trek warps into theaters this weekend, compressing decades of canon into an action-oriented thrill ride. Regardless of whether or not you like what J.J.
Death By Lens Flare: Drink Into Darkness
The latest installment of Star Trek warps into theaters this weekend, compressing decades of canon into an action-oriented thrill ride. Regardless of whether or not you like what J.J.
An Open Letter to Animal Planet: Learn The Difference Between Real and Fake Monsters
Dear Animal Planet: All monsters are not created equal. We make monsters out of the minuscule, and even monsters out of nothing. You do both.
An Open Letter to Animal Planet: Learn The Difference Between Real and Fake Monsters
Dear Animal Planet: All monsters are not created equal. We make monsters out of the minuscule, and even monsters out of nothing. You do both.
The Triumph of Commander Hadfield Is A Triumph For Science Communication
Yesterday, former International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield fell from space like a meteor and gently touched down on his home planet after five months in a state of constant free fall...
The Triumph of Commander Hadfield Is A Triumph For Science Communication
Yesterday, former International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield fell from space like a meteor and gently touched down on his home planet after five months in a state of constant free fall...
Welcome to Overthinking It!
Hey everyone! Welcome to Overthinking It, a blog looking at science and pop-culture through the lens of extreme nerdery. Through superheroes, Serenity, zombies, and Zelda, I try to find the hidden science in all our favorite fandoms...
Welcome to Overthinking It!
Hey everyone! Welcome to Overthinking It , a blog looking at science and pop-culture through the lens of extreme nerdery. Through superheroes, Serenity , zombies, and Zelda, I try to find the hidden science in all our favorite fandoms...
A Decade of Explosions: What Mythbusters Taught Me
When the first episode of Mythbusters aired in 2003, I couldn't drive a car. I couldn't see a R-rated movie. I was 14-years old and I couldn't do much of anything.
A Decade of Explosions: What Mythbusters Taught Me
When the first episode of Mythbusters aired in 2003, I couldn’t drive a car. I couldn’t see a R-rated movie. I was 14-years old and I couldn’t do much of anything.
How Many People Could You Kill With All the Caffeine Consumed on Friends?
In a cup or two a day, the caffeine in coffee tweaks us out enough to be the driving force behind the workforce. Ingest all the coffee that they did on Friends, however, and you'll be asking yourself, "could I be...any more dead?" No TV show exemplified our love of coffee more than Friends...
How Many People Could You Kill With All the Caffeine Consumed on Friends?
In a cup or two a day, the caffeine in coffee tweaks us out enough to be the driving force behind the workforce. Ingest all the coffee that they did on Friends, however, and you’ll be asking yourself, “could I be…any more dead?”No TV show exemplified our love of coffee more than Friends ...
Could the Boston Bomber Have Fled from Infrared?
Late last Friday a terrible week that began with the bombing of the Boston Marathon came to a satisfying, if somber, conclusion. The last alleged perpetrator of the horrific events at the marathon and MIT was arrested after a most dangerous game of hide and seek...
Could the Boston Bomber Have Fled From Infrared?
Late last Friday a terrible week that began with the bombing of the Boston Marathon came to a satisfying, if somber, conclusion. The last alleged perpetrator of the horrific events at the marathon and MIT was arrested after a most dangerous game of hide and seek.To help bring Dzhokhar Tsarneav to justice, officials took advantage of what is usually invisible to us—heat.Photos (and videos) like these highlight just how far detective technology has come...
The Physics of Fred Flintstone's Flaming Feet
I hope that the father of the "modern Stone Age family" has thick skin, or else he is going to lose his legs. Let's put aside the fact that Fred Flintstone basically runs to work and therefore doesn't really need his wheels (or that he would need the quads of a god to get them [...]..
The Physics of Fred Flintstone s Flaming Feet
I hope that the father of the “modern Stone Age family” has thick skin, or else he is going to lose his legs.Let’s put aside the fact that Fred Flintstone basically runs to work and therefore doesn’t really need his wheels (or that he would need the quads of a god to get them moving)...
What Mushroom Clouds Can Reveal about the Waco Explosion
On Wednesday night a fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas, caught fire and exploded. The violent rupture shook the earth for miles around (the explosion was picked up by seismographs in Oklahoma), set fire to the surroundings, and collapsed nearby buildings...
What Mushroom Clouds Can Reveal About The Waco Explosion
On Wednesday night a fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas, caught fire and exploded. The violent rupture shook the earth for miles around (the explosion was picked up by seismographs in Oklahoma), set fire to the surroundings, and collapsed nearby buildings.Tragically, as you might suspect with an explosion this size, there are many suspected fatalities and hundreds have been admitted to area hospitals.As chilling pictures like these rolled in, the comparison to an atomic mushroom cloud by the media was immediate...
The Coroner Report: Weekend at Bernie's
Nearly 25 years after Bernie Lomax was killed, a new coroner's report sheds light on how his body endured so much trauma, and why the two responsible violated the Geneva Convention.
