Hello, all. I’ve been fighting off the cold/sinus infection from hell the last few weeks, and my brain isn’t functioning all that well this week. So, I thought I’d take this chance to ask y’all again what sort of science and math posts you’re most interested in reading. More biographies of women in science? Weekly roundups of what’s new? Specific questions or issues? I want to make sure I’m not boring everyone to death over here! Hit the comments with any questions or suggestions, or drop by our Ask Us page anytime.
To make up for the lack of content in this post, I give you Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining why the world will not, in fact, end this year. Phew!
19 replies on “Ask a Math and Science Nerd! Again!”
Clearly NdGT hadn’t seen 2012 yet, because it contains the single best pseudoscience line I have ever heard in a terrible apocalypse movie:
THE. NEUTRINOS. HAVE. MUTATED.
lolwut
The interview was from 2009, so it hadn’t come out yet. Mutated neutrinos, gimme a break. I like the occasional bad science movie, but that one looked like it just took it too far and took itself way too seriously.
I do not remember this line, tho I think I saw that movie.
However, that is indeed a wonderfully terrible line.  I keep reading it over and over and my eyebrows are trying to climb off my face into the atmosphere to convey the appropriate amount of whaaaa???
Dara O’Briain agrees with you and did a routine about it, which I sincerely hope I can find on Youtube…
aHA! not sure why it’s subtitled in Russian but there you go… if you want to skip to it, it starts at 2:30.
Can we start a campaign to get Neil deGrasse Tyson to do an interview with us? Perhaps by mentioning that we named him our #1 Smexiest Person Alive? Because if that happened, I would DIE. In the best possible way: knowing that Neil deGrasse Tyson was aware of my existence.
Oh. My. God. I would die, seriously. There’s no way I’d be able to do it; I’d just want to give him a big hug and then things would get awkward.
Cosigned. I would be happy to Craft a Letter.
I almost tweeted the article at him, but I chickened out.
I’ll do it if you don’t. I have no fear.
I’m sleepy and almost didn’t read this post – and then I saw the NdGT tag.
When I’m more coherent I’ll comment on the substance, for now, I’d just like to say thank you for the vid and pic of my favorite man. Â I actually took a break while writing this comment to scroll back up and gaze at the “gratuitous” shot of him gazing adorably into my eyes.
i like this pic too:Â http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/09/this-guy-wants-to-bring-the-science-of-sexy-back/
Love that pic! How about this one?
(And actually, I think the pic is courtesy of Selena because I didn’t put it there and then squee-ed when I opened the article this afternoon. I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS BAR!)
Are you effing kidding me?!? I was just nearly inappropriate at work.
In my mind I am most certainly inappropriate.
My jaw literally dropped the first time that came across my tumblr feed. ALL THE FEELINGS!
I would love to see “ripped from the headlines” stuff. Â We all know that science reporting is absolutely miserable and filled with inaccuracies and generalizations, so I’d love to see someone who really knows what’s what pick a current science-based news story and give it a better explanation/better context.
Ooh, kinda like the takedowns? I’ll definitely be on the lookout for stuff like this; thanks!
I’d love pointers to ‘refresh-your-maths’ stuff online, if you know of any. This might sound odd, but I miss knowing how to do calculus…
I don’t know of anything off the top of my head, but I’ll keep an eye out. I’m pretty much horrified at how much math I’ve forgotten.
I like the idea of a “cool things in science” roundup. Â Like Science Friday on NPR.
Cool! I’ve done it a couple times, but wasn’t sure if stuff was too dated if I’m sitting on stories for a week. Thanks!