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
Category: Science and Technology
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.
The Joys of Collective Failure
In fairness, not all collective failures are like the stock photos above, however.Sometimes there are systems involved that encourage collective failure.
Speed Gripping
The devil is in the details for something like this, though at baseline I prefer something like this to speeding cameras.
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
Embrace The Case
Apple and others will tell you that their phones don’t need cases. Do not believe them.
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.
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
Video Throughput: The Empire Strikes Back
Could a Hoth-like world exist? What about Cloud City? And what’s the deal with the Force anyway? Find out below.
Mini-Throughput: The Continued Failure of Malthusianism
Malthusian theory is fine … in a vacuum. But when you take into account human behavior and ingenuity, the theory falls apart.
Thursday Throughput: Uhura Edition
Out of this madness, Uhura appeared. A vision in red and black. Beautiful, smart as hell and not interested in nobody’s nonsense.
Mini-Throughput: Heat Wave Edition
An unprecedented heat wave inevitably comes the debate on whether it is the result of global warming. The answer is no, but yes.
Thursday Throughput: BA5 Edition
Basically, we seem to be in a cycle where COVID is throwing new things at us every six months or so as it continues to circulate through populations.
JWST Unveils the Cosmos
After a quarter of a century, we are finally getting the results of this massive project. And, already, JWST exceed our expectations.
