I’ve been performing stand up comedy for two decades. I get all the stage time I need. But I realize not everyone has such an outlet. And, yet, humans are such complicated, emotional creatures. They have so much to express! That’s why I’ve always been fascinated with vanity plates and bumper stickers. And I’ve always …
Awesome science cookies in a series of posts to a food blog by a biological anthropologist. Aren’t all anthropologists biological? I’m a biological comedian. Ooh, she also has Space Invaders!
Someone I met via Twitter – Delia the Artist – just interviewed me for Current.com. Current has a shorter, edited version of the interview but Delia is hosting the full interview on her own site. And, oh look! Here comes the full version now… Where does science meet comedy? Somewhere in Brian Malow’s universe. From …
Oops… I must’ve taken a wrong turn at Arcturus… From the Wikipedia entry on Vega: Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus. It is a relatively nearby star at only 25.3 light-years from Earth, …
Comedy.com has some videos of me on stage at the San Francisco Punch Line Comedy Club, from about two years ago, I think. If you follow the links to their website, you can also rate the video… Brian Malow – Exit Strategy link: http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-exit-strategy Brian Malow – Canine Lives link: http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-canine-lives Brian Malow – Bed, …
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature story on me today (the print version actually appears in the Datebook section, Sunday, January 11, 2009): Making Science Funny: Brian Malow It’s written by Nick Thomas, who we love! Last year, Nick did a Q&A with me for Nature: Helium Walks Into a Bar In addition to …
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This weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle should be running a story about me in conjunction with next week’s shows at the SF Punch Line Comedy Club (Tues, Jan.13) and Rooster T. Feathers (Wed, Jan.14), in Sunnyvale. See Upcoming Shows for details. A Chronicle photographer, Paul Chinn, met me over at the new California Academy of …
Thanksgiving in Atlanta. My sister served up a picture-perfect slice of apple pie for Tara. Mine looked like a transporter accident: It was still delicious, of course. The replicator just needs a little tweaking, is all.
Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid. He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber, for £20 (about $37). “It’s a rather unusual route to come by (a …
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…Basement Universes aren’t just for basements any more! The Galactomatic-1000 comes with an attractive imitation wood-grain negative-matter case that makes it perfectly at home in your den or family room. The case reduces its total mass to zero, so you won’t have to worry about imploding your house into a black hole, or discoloring the …