Comic-Con Report: The MythBusters Panel
Midway through The MythBusters panel at Comic-Con, Adam Savage is very excitedly telling a story about pulling up to the San Diego Convention Center and seeing Guillermo del Toro on the curb and Adam’s...
View ArticleShark Week 2010: For the 23rd Time, There’s Blood in the Water!
We humans take great comfort in our spot at the top of the food chain, but sometimes it’s a healthy thing for us to get a lesson in humility. And there’s no better source for a good humility lesson...
View ArticlePhil Plait’s Bad Universe Makes TV Science Personal Again
Right now, even as you read this, there are asteroids and comets hurtling towards Earth, and only Phil Plait can save us! Well, all right, that’s a slight exaggeration. The danger is probably at least...
View ArticlePhil Plait’s Bad Universe, the Interview
I had the opportunity on Thursday to interview Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer and host of the new TV show Phil Plait’s Bad Universe. I had a great time talking with him, and, since the show premieres...
View ArticleReview: Test Your Contraption-Building Skills With Whizzball!
It’s always nice to discover something new that you’d never heard about before, and immediately know that you’ll love it. When I was younger, I spent hours playing The Incredible Machine, and have...
View ArticleThe MythBusters Return: Woo-Hoo! All New! Blue Poo? Eww.
Break out your berets and black T-shirts: Summer break’s over for Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage and the rest of the MythBusters. According to The Discovery Channel, by the time the show’s 2010 run comes...
View ArticleThe Discovery Channel’s First Life Looks At Evolution’s Very First Steps
There is something nearly infinitely relaxing about listening to Sir David Attenborough talk about the wonders and mysteries of nature. Whether it’s his “Life” series on the BBC or the epic Planet...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Celebrities We’d Like to See as Discovery’s Chief Shark Officer
It’s not every day an email like this one shows up in your inbox: HELP WANTED: Discovery Channel Celebrity Chief Shark Officer Do you know someone who would be perfect as the next Discovery Channel...
View ArticleExperience Human Planet: A GeekDad Review and Giveaway
If you enjoyed last month’s North American premiere of epic BBC/Discovery Channel co-production Human Planet, you’ll be happy to know that you can now own it on Blu-ray. Released on both Blu-ray and...
View ArticleSamuel L. Jackson and Discovery’s Curiosity Team Up to Destroy the World
Curiosity, the recent addition to the Discovery Channel’s lineup, has already taught viewers (of all ages, but primarily kids) many interesting things. The latest episode premieres tonight, and...
View ArticlePenn & Teller Tell a Lie Is MythBusters Turned Sideways
Skeptics, rejoice! MythBusters no longer is the only show that aims to teach its viewers to question their perceptions of reality before deciding what to believe.
View ArticleMythBusters Duo Present iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World This Sunday...
In the wake of the (early) death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs last week, Simon & Schuster have brought forward the publication date of Walter Isaacson’s official biography “Steve Jobs“ to the...
View ArticleDiscovery Channel’s Unchained Reaction Premieres March 18
On March 18 Discovery Channel will be premiering Unchained Reaction, a new show that will pit two teams against each other as they build Rube Goldberg style contraptions based around a theme. There...
View ArticleDiscovery’s Frozen Planet Will Blow You Away
The new documentary series Frozen Planet is by itself an explanation for why HDTV exists. The beauty is so breathtaking, so jaw-droppingly gorgeous, that you may find yourself rewinding bits of it just...
View ArticlePermanent Bedspins (and a Nice View) for $1.3 Million
I seem to have a thing for offbeat housing options in recent years. There have been the tree forts, pods, Funky Bunkys and most recently, the dome home. Today, it's the rotating house. Seriously, I...
View ArticleDiscovery Channel Celebrates 25 Years of Shark Week
For a quarter of a century, the Discovery Channel has broadcast an annual television event called Shark Week, a six-day block of shark-themed programming that has become a viewer favorite, taking...
View ArticleMythBusters Returns Tomorrow, With James Cameron
They're finally back! James Cameron stops by and welcomes them home with a Titanic myth.
View ArticleAlton Brown Joins the MythBusters in Tonight’s Thanksgiving Episode
What do you get when you combine the culinary curiosity of Alton Brown's Good Eats with the madcap misadventures of the MythBusters? In tonight's Thanksgiving episode of the Discovery Channel's...
View ArticleDiscovery and BBC Are Amazing – Again – in Africa
At least three times watching the first episode of Discovery's upcoming series Africa, I hit the "back" button, because I could hardly believe what I'd seen. The seven-part Africa premieres Tuesday,...
View ArticleGeekDad Giveaway: Discovery and BBC’s Amazing Africa
We're giving away five DVD sets of the new BBC series "Africa." Read the post to enter!
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