Break out your telescopes and scientific calculators!ย Space Day was created by Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1997 ย to motivate the youth of America to study math and science. This day was originally established as a one day event but because of overwhelming interest, Space Day became an annual event. In 2001, former astronautย and Senator John Glenn […]
Poet Christian Bรถk had an idea for a new work, but to execute it, he had to take a crash course in molecular biology. Years later, after learning computer programming and creating a DNA-codon-to-alphabet cipher, he’s finally ready for the next step: encoding a poem into the DNA of a bacterium. The Xenotext is a […]
In one of the stranger court cases of recent times, a court has rejected a request to remove virtual nourishment for virtual pets in the virtual world of Second Life. The case involves a copyright dispute with one company claiming it created the idea of selling in-game animals that were capable of breeding with one […]
The operators of a British farm are to allow internet users to take over its management. Wimpole Home Farm is run by the National Trust, an organization better known for managing many of the UK’s stately homes. It’s decided to allow 10,000 members of the public to become virtual farmers, playing a role in the […]
OMG! Best. Song. Parody. Of. ALL. TIME. There’s only one thing I don’t agree with however: Coke certainly isn’t the best beverage to have while playing D&D. [Via]
Nicolas Shilson painted this awesome Spiderman vs. Wolverine scene for the Face & Body Painting Convention in Telford, UK. [Via Walyou]
So Nathan Fillion, on the set of ABC’s Castle, gets up to some back stage shenanigans that back fires on him in this funny little clip. Of course, Nathan asks Seamus Dever who is filming not to post to Twitter and…
He who controls the gelatin controls the universe… [Source: Candywarehouse – Flickr]
This is a rant about the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. But it is not a rant about the wedding itself. Nor is it a rant about the hype surrounding the event. Instead it is a rant about a particularly ludicrous element of the hype that offends me as a rationally thinking geek. […]