Posts Tagged ‘video’
Space: The Private Frontier
February 2nd, 2010
My new video (produced by David Clair) is up at Time.com. It’s about Elon Musk and SpaceX – and we were almost finished with it when the topic exploded into the news a week or so ago – Obama, the budget, the future of NASA, Ares and contracting out space flights to private companies. We didn’t set out to address all that but we did include it. Check it out…
Helium – So Long and Thanks for all the Balloons!
January 6th, 2010
Somehow this didn’t make it into the blog earlier – our Time.com video about helium. A flight in a zeppelin, a visit with the Balloon Lady, and the end of an era?…
Related Post:
Science Comedian Riffs on Hydrogen and Helium at Ignite
Videos for Time Magazine
November 20th, 2009
You can easily access all the science videos I’ve made for Time Magazine’s website at this link – the results from a search on my name (Brian Malow) at Time.com.
I've Been Scooped Again
October 9th, 2009
A couple of the presentations at today’s “Let’s Have An Awesome Time Doing Science” conference were conducted via Skype video.
Uri Alon of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology & Department of Physics of Complex Systems at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, gave a particularly fun presentation entitled, “Peace Love Science Happiness.”
He performed his song “I’ve Been Scooped Again” – with audience participation from across the globe. Here’s a snippet:
Music & Lyrics ©2009 Uri Alon
“Let’s Have An Awesome Time Doing Science” was a 3-day science conference (and part unconference) held at UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus, Oct. 8-10, 2009. Scientists from various fields and at all stages of career development met to discuss ways to help make science as fun, supportive and nurturing as possible.
Comedy.com Brian Malow Videos
February 23rd, 2009
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, Bath and Beyond Repair link:
http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-bed-bath-beyond-repair
Lightning in Slow Motion
November 25th, 2008
And, while we’re admiring displays of light in the skies of the Earth, here’s some great video of lightning in slow motion.
Slow motion, I have just learned, was invented in 1904 by August Musger, an Austrian priest and physicist.
Boy, those are two occupations you don’t typically find in one man. It sounds like the start of a joke: A priest and a physicist walk into a bar… or perhaps they are playing golf. Anyway, that’s the sort of joke it sounds like the start of. I mean, “of which it sounds like the start.”
Musger is also notable for having an extraordinarily brief Wikipedia entry. But, then, who am I to talk?
Meteor Caught on Video Over Edmonton
November 25th, 2008
A police dash cam caught this amazing meteoric fireball on video near Edmonton, Alberta, November 20, 2008. It lights up the sky!
For a bit more detail, here’s a story in the Edmonton Sun and a story in the Edmonton Journal. Look under “Related Links” for additional video.
I’ve only witnessed one or two good meteor showers, away from city lights (and, in the case of San Francisco, away from the Fog). I hope to see more.
According to StarDate – the public education and outreach arm of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory – there is one remaining meteor shower for 2008, the Geminids, the night of December 13. But, they also point out, there will be a gibbous moon that night, overpowering all but the brightest meteors.
Science Comedy Video
August 5th, 2008
A montage of some of my science comedy routines, taken mostly from two events at the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences (in 2006 and 2007).
A couple clips from my 2008 performance appear earlier in this blog (on cell phones and Karma) and more are coming soon.
Brian Malow on Edison, Cell Phones, Vista…
August 2nd, 2008
An excerpt from “The Final Frontier?” presentation I gave at the Marian Koshland Science Museum, in Washington, D.C., April 10, 2008.
Mostly about cell phones, but a bit about Thomas Edison and the light bulb, Las Vegas, Windows Vista, and cost-benefits analysis.
More to come…
Science Comedian on the Bob Rivers Show
July 27th, 2008
Back in April, I was in Seattle, performing at the Mainstage Comedy and Music Club, a fantastic newer club, which I highly recommend to anyone in the area.
To promote my shows, I made an appearance on The Bob Rivers Show on KZOK 102.5, a classic rock station.
I had about as much fun as I’ve ever had on the radio – the whole crew was fun to interact with and they seemed genuinely happy to have “the science comedian” on the show. They had even been talking me up before I got to town.
They also videotaped my segment and put it up on YouTube in two clips:
Part 1:
Part 2:
