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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...

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Shark 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...

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Phil 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...

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Phil 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...

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Review: 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Experience 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...

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Samuel 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...

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Penn & 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.

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MythBusters 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...

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Discovery 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...

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Discovery’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...

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Permanent 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...

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Discovery 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...

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MythBusters Returns Tomorrow, With James Cameron

They're finally back! James Cameron stops by and welcomes them home with a Titanic myth.

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Alton 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...

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Discovery 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,...

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GeekDad 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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