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Brian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:13:32 +0000

Maggie Koerth-Baker posted a YouTube clip of me this morning. It’s an excerpt from my performance two weeks ago at Wonderfest, the Bay Area science festival.

The entire festival was videotaped by Fora.tv. You can see the rest of my 15-minute performance here.

Also, a dialogue I moderated entitled Do Robots Make Better Astronauts? (featuring Chris McKay of NASA Ames and Kanna Rajan of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute).

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It’s odd to be judged just by these admittedly – purposely – corny bar jokes. They aren’t exactly representative of my entire act. They were the silly end to my presentation.

And they also cut the routine short – there are a few more, including the final bar joke which is arguably the best one…. about Helium.

Check out the rest of that performance or see my other YouTube clips: www.youtube.com/sciencecomedian . Subscribe!

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And check out the science videos I’ve been making for Time Magazine’s website.

Thank you, goodnight!

Why is Science Important?

Brian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:30:02 +0000

Alom Shaha has made a wonderful 28-minute film entitled “Why is Science Important?”

Shaha is a physics teacher at an inner city school in the UK, and also a TV producer who specializes in science programs. The film was made to be broadcast on Teachers TV (a UK cable channel) but it’s also available online in excellent HD quality – and can even be shared and embedded, as seen below (you can view a larger size if you click over to his site).

The website also contains “a collection of thoughts from leading scientists, public figures …and you.” Add your thoughts on why science is important and they’ll appear alongside the thoughts of Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, SETI’s Seth Shostak, LabLit’s Jennifer Rohn, and many others.

Visit Alom’s YouTube Channel – sciencefilms – to see more answers to the question “Why is Science Important?” as well as some of his other films.

Links:
Why is Science Important?
Bad Astronomy blog
SETI
Seth Shostak
LabLit

Star Trek Trailer & Kirk's Reaction

Brian — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:19:56 +0000

First there’s the trailer for the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie, which I think looks pretty cool. Even if purists are getting upset with Abrams’ tampering with Trek canon – the visuals look sweet!