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Watch This Adorable Third Grader Explain His Science Project and Make a ‘Science Rocket’

Our friend Audrey Kearns over at Geek Girl Authority sent us this video and we’re melting! Melting from the cutes!  My heart can’t handle this video. There is so much cuteness and awesomeness AND it’s about rockets. Science rockets! So, this little 8-year-old is CJ Kearns. Yes, a Kearns like me. He’s my wonderful nephew...

NASA Launching Orion, The Ship That Will Take Humans to Mars — Live Feed From the Press Conference

On Thursday, December 4, NASA is launching an unmanned space craft that will eventually take humans to Mars. Orion will reach 3, 6000 miles from Earth, which is the farthest a ship that can accommodate humans has gone since Apollo 17 in 1972. This is the first step in a manned mission to Mars. “My hope is that when we fly the capsule on...

Nerd Alert: Baby Robot Penguin is Adorable Science

This week I stopped by The Young Turks Network’s Nerd Alert to talk about nerdy newsy items with host Kim Horcher and King of the Nerds’ Ivan Van Norman. In this clip, we’re talking about the cutest science ever. Scientists studying Emperor Penguins have been trying to send in a robot to read their heart rates. However, Emperor...

The Top 10 Catchiest Songs — Hey, Science Says So

I am trying to hard not to make a Spice Girls joke right now. I mean, it’s physically difficult to restrain myself. Deep breath. Okay, Dutch researchers played a game called Hooked on Music with 12,000 people. According to their results, “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls takes the top spot. Check out the top ten below. 1...