From Disney's The Black Hole to Interstellar, we discuss the portrayal of Black Holes in science fiction films and the misconceptions popular media has sprea...

This week, we’re shrinking down to size with a celebration of all things tiny, miniature, and microscopic.

Science Hack Day is a 2-day-all-night event where anyone excited about making weird, silly or serious things with science comes together in the same physical space to see what they can prototype…

For this special episode, we're joined by Todd Miller, the director and editor of the new Apollo 11 documentary film now playing in theaters. Todd shares ins...

Shop Ariel Waldman's Society6 store featuring unique designs on various products across art prints, tech accessories, apparels, and home decor goods. Worldwide shipping available.

Let's talk about the space bugs in Starship Troopers! Ariel is joined by Dr Brian Fisher and Dr Lauren Esposito from the California Academy of Sciences to di...

Managed by the National Science Foundation, the USAP deploys roughly 3,000 people to Antarctica every year to conduct scientific research, or provide support to researchers through the operation and…

As part of my 5 week expedition in Antarctica to film extremophiles, I joined Antarctic divers in going deep under the sea ice to explore the weird wonders o...

This thought was originally written for the Pastry Box Project and has been reposted here. As someone who has publicly stumbled into a career in space, I often get asked about my interest in space as…

Official Post from Ariel Waldman: Each year, I post an "indie report", detailing all of my projects for the first part of the year that receive no financial backing other than the support I receive…

Claws are a physically, socially, and emotionally vital part of every cat. Advice on how to get your cat to stop scratching furniture, and how to take care of and trim your cat's nails.

Host of Discovery Channel's long-running series MythBusters, Adam Savage has spent his life making things. From a cardboard suit of Excalibur armor when he w...

Adam Savage Explores the Blade Runner 2049 "Farmhouse" Set! Adam walks us around one of the on-location sets built completely from scratch for Blade Runner 2049! This nematode farm belongs to the…

Ariel Waldman makes “massively multiplayer science”, instigating unusual collaborations that spark clever creations for science and space exploration. Ariel ...

(You can now enjoy Offworld as a podcast: http://www.tested.com/offworld) If astronauts ever discovered microbial life in space, what would be the procedures...

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I spent 5 weeks in Antarctica to film microbes living under the ice. Here's how I got there. Join me + my adventures on: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ari...

Bring a touch of oceanic style to your kid's room with this LED Edge-Lit + Etching Novelty Blue Shark Light from Pillowfort™. This blue LED light features an etched illustration of a shark, with…

April 11-12, 2019 at UC Berkeley About Breakthrough Discuss is an annual academic conference focused on life in the Universe and novel ideas for space exploration. Conference Theme “Migration of Life…

Breakthrough Prize www.breakthroughprize.org The Breakthrough Prizes are the world’s largest scientific awards, given for major advances in Fundamental Physi...

Smart spacesuits and solar surfing may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but they are just two of the technology concepts NASA has selected for further research as part of the NASA Innovative…

Black holes, while known for being these incredibly destructive forces of nature, are also a creative force of nature. They may even be instrumental in the f...

The Event Horizon Telescope, a network of telescopes on mission to observe supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies, is set to release its first results in a public press conference next…

Ariel Waldman, a blogger and Pownce employee, claims that microbloggng service refused to take real action after she complained. Abuse to become much bigger issue as Twitter grows.