A few weeks ago I went to a kid’s birthday party. I was filling balloons up from a small helium tank and, as usual, goofing around. I made my voice all squeaky, and we all had a laugh. Once I had my fun, I quickly switched to being the Neil Tyson* of the party. I [...]
Last week I drew a comic about a possible ruse one could employ to lure a wild Neil deGrasse Tyson out of hiding. I unceremoniously misattributed the joke to former/future roommate Jess, rather than future roommate Diana. For this I apologize profusely. What’s that about Neil’s height? That’s how tall he is in real life. [...]
All credit for this joke goes to [UPDATE: I DUN GOOF'D] the illustrious Diana Ho, who actually made the joke. [I'm so sorry!] (You can still visit Jess here). It’s a true story except for the part where we conducted a sting operation in the Rose Center for Earth and Space, where astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sits as director of [...]
Just when you thought the moon couldn’t get any lamer, it starts telling dad jokes. As much as I enjoy giving the moon a hard time for being a dumb old rock that never lived up to its sci-fi potential*, every now and then something about it, resembling interesting, catches my eye. The moon has [...]
[Note: This comic has been altered for clarity. I felt the "shallow bowl" explanation works better without the confusion of comparing the moon to clouds. You can view the previous version of the comic here.] For reference, take a look at this comic… The other day I received a surprise letter from none other than [...]
Meant to do this comic a while back when news broke that Pluto may not be so worthless after all. For those who are new to space (aren’t we all?) Pluto was demoted a few years back when astronomers started noticing that there was all sorts of stuff out there, some of it bigger than the notorious [...]
Originally this comic was going to be Carl Sagan and a lonely Neil DeGrasse Tyson meeting and both trying to explain the science behind a sunset to each other before making out. But having just come off an “Dr. Sagan” comic, I wanted to avoid any confusion, and honestly, we’re nowhere near mindlessly churning out [...]
Neil deGrasse Tyson had to make an entire documentary, The Pluto Files*, just to wipe his hands clean of the sad excuse for a former planet. His moon troubles on the other hand** documented here were, I thought, imagined by us at Sci-ence. But I just stumbled upon this clip. Hilarious. I’m going to claim [...]
Admit it. The moon looks like a stupid butt. Hanging in the sky, all pock-marked and tidal locked like a fool. I can hear Audrey yelling at me already, as she’s very protective of the moon, and has objected in the past to my desire to mine it of all its dirty moon rocks and Helium-3. [...]
“MOMMY! Neil deGrasse Tyson is up to his old ways again!” Two influences played a part in today’s topic: A) The Great Wall of Lies! If you’ve read the About section of the site you’ll have noticed that I already mentioned this one. As a teenager when I first discovered that the Great Wall of [...]