Video Throughput: Alien Twin Spin
This week, you get a twin spin: I look at science in the movie Alien and its sequel Aliens. Is the xenomorph possible? Do reactors really explode like that?
Author: Michael Siegel
The Franklin Mint Wouldn’t Answer the Phone
Mr. Trump announced an online store to sell $99 digital trading cards of himself as a superhero, an astronaut, an Old West sheriff and a series of other fantastical figures.
Thursday Throughput: Laser Implosion Edition
The running joke is fusion power is always twenty years away. I would say that we are now to the point where fusion power is ten years away.
Throughput Video: Andrew and Mike Talk SciFi Captains
In today’s episode, I call in some help in ranking starship captains, generals and other sci-fi leaders. What makes a great leader? What makes a poor one? What are the most compelling portrayals in sci-fi?
Turkeys and Drumsticks 2022
The year 2022 was just. That. Stupid. So, without further ado, here are your Turkeys of the Year and Golden Drumsticks.
Video Throughput: Artemis, Launches, and Legos?
In this video, you get a look at my live reaction to the successful launch of Artemis 1. While waiting through the launch delay, I talk about the Lego kits
Thursday Throughput: Invisible Universe Edition
If you could see neutrinos, this is what that galaxy would look like. It’s remarkable work and yet another reminder that we are still just getting a glimpse of what is out there.
Throughput: The COVID Lab Leak Theory Resurfaces
While this COVID lab leak theory fire has burned for a while, the last week saw two deluges of rocket fuel poured on it.
Video Throughput: The Madness of Multiverses
In this video, I look at multiverses, which have become the big thing in movies and TV shows. Is there any science meat on that bone? Let’s take a look:
Thursday Throughput: Big Whomping Space Explosion Edition
The picture below was produced by my colleague Andy Beardmore from Swift data. It shows the X-rays scattering off dust grains in our own galaxy.
Taking Adantage of Ye
Despite his anti-Semitic ravings, I have sympathy for Ye and want him to get help. No, my anger is at the people who are taking advantage of this man.
Alex Jones And All The Money in the World
The trial made two things clear: Sandy Hook families were subject to horrendous suffering because of Alex Jones. And that he did not care.
Friday Throughput: Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact
In this video, from science fiction to real time history of what DART did, why it matters, what the future of space defense might look like
Thursday Throughput: COVID Over Edition
So is Biden right? Is COVID over? Well, y’all know me. You know that the answer to that is inevitably going be … kinda.
DART Closes In
If this asteroid were headed for Earth, DART would have to hit it about 500 years in advance for such a velocity correction to make it miss.
Video Throughput: 21 Spaceships And The Rule Of Cool
In this video, I rank 21 spaceships by not only scientific accuracy but how closely they adhere to the Rule of Cool.
God Save The King: Queen Elizabeth II Dead at 96
The royal family announced Queen Elizabeth II death online, saying she had “died peacefully.” The announcement did not specify a cause.
Thursday Throughput: Artemis Delayed Edition
The program, started by President Bush as Constellation, cancelled by President Obama and then resurrected by President Trump as Artemis, has been somewhat contentious.
Mini-Throughput: Ice Sheets and Data Points
One day or one month or one year does not reverse a decades-long trend.
Thursday Throughput: Yes, the Big Bang Happened
The TL;DR version here is that Lerner still cannot adequately explain the primary evidence in favor of the Big Bang, is misquoting both the JWST results and the scientists involved and has yet to present an alternative cosmology that works
