Phil Plait
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Crafting
Design Diaries – Quizotron Championship Belt
Last year at Dragon*Con, Phil “The Bad Astronomer” Plait defeated reigning champion Scott “The Dark Overlord” Sigler at the World…
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Lab Tracks
Lab Track: Stellar Alchemist
Today’s Lab Track, suggested by Jamie Bernstein, features the sound of a star remixed into an electronica track and combined…
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Mad Quickies
Mad Quickies 10.4
It’s the late night Friday Quickies! Cocktails down- surf’s up! This will be the best thing you read all day.…
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Activities
A Sandbox of Scientist Paper Dolls
Did you miss SkepchickCON? Wish you could have been there with us? We wish you could have been there too!…
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Mad Quickies
Mad Quickies 7.10
Three awesome geeks are collaborating to bring you ALL THE NOMZ!. It’s an e-cookbook with a star-studded contributor list and…
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Mad Quickies
Mad Quickies 12.19
It’s the Holiday-ishly Mad Gifts and other Quickies… Morbid Anatomy‘s fantabulous gifts from a holiday fair. Spock earrings. {via Anne…
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Mad Quickies
Mad Quickies 5.30
Extraordinary photos from wildlife photographer Bence Máté. Mechanical matchmaking at PaleoFuture. Paper pop-ups by Jenny Chen. So lovely! Anatomical Diagram…
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Mad Quickies
Mad Quickies 11.9
Carl Zimmer, a favorite of ours, has curated a fascinating book: Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed. Here’s a…
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