You know how you make anything cooler? You make a steampunk version of it! Okay, maybe not. But I had some vaguely steampunk-ish items lying around the apartment, and a museum full of science apparatus and toys. So this was the best I could come up with. So here it is: STEAMPUNK ENTOMOLOGIST. Complete with …
Last night, I participated in a spectacular night tidepooling activity at Pillar Point, along with a couple of dozen other lucky folks. Pillar Point is a reef just 40 minutes south of San Francisco, most well known as the home of the famous Maverick’s Surf Contest. The California Academy of Sciences has been documenting the …
Neil Degrasse Tyson is one of America's best known and most loved scientists, for very good reasons. I'm always blown away at what a great science communicator he is. Here's Degrasse Typson just killing his appearance on the popular NPR quiz show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me". Listen to it, and then scroll down for the …
Over the weekend, I powered through Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, a quirky mixture of true life space adventures and a self-help book. Like a lot of people, I fell in love with the mustachioed Canuck from his many wonderful videos from the International Space Station, during his 144 …
This weekend was the first national Climate Game Jam, happening at sites all around the country. For us, it was a super fun and inspiring two days of game hacking, science exploration, and team building, all to educate young people about climate change, and what they can do about it. The Climate Game Jam was …
I gotta admit, I'm all aflutter about "The Martian" film opening on Friday. Like other space nerds, I loved Andy Weir's self-published novel, devouring it over a weekend. And the screen adaptation looks like it's mostly faithful to the material, bringing cinematic scope to what is essentially a series of life-and-death tests that can only …
During the weekend of October 2-4, sites around the country are going to take part in the first nation-wide Climate Game Jam, an effort to get lots of people designing games that communicate climate science and spur the players to fight climate change. A partnership of NOAA, the White Office of Science and Technology Policy, …
Spreading the word about this cool television and online event happening on Monday August 31: Big Blue Live. Focused on celebrating local marine biodiversity on the California coast, viewers will learn about the birds, whales, sharks, sea lions and more animals that make their home in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. PBS is hosting …
Back in May when I was on expedition in the Philippines, one of the most helpful resources we brought with us was a set of our biodiversity videos created for the Khan Academy translated into the local Filipino / Tagalog language. Most Filipinos have some facility with the English language, which is a part of …
To coincide with our new and amazing "Color of Life" exhibit, we have several neat videos on the science of color created by our viz studio. Check them all out! Monarch Colors Colorful Cephalopods Chameleon Color Change Creating a Colorful Exhibit