If you only watch the news you might think that the astronauts are the only members of the NASA manned space program, but you would be wrong. I’m guessing that since you are reading this blog you are aware that there is a lot of science and engineering that goes on behind the scenes in […]
Continue ReadingNothing like flying marshmallows to keep the secret service busy protecting President Barak Obama. Tuesday was the second annual White House Science Fair. The president seemed to have a blast playing with science yesterday, he even caused a little bit of innocent trouble with 14 year old Maker Faire veteran, Joey Hudy of Phoenix, AZ, […]
Continue ReadingEstablished in 2004, the last Thursday of January every year we remember all of the men and women who have given their lives as NASA astronauts as part of the NASA Day of Remembrance. Since Alan Shepard took his first flight into the blackness of space in 1961 during the Mercury program, 17 brave souls […]
Continue ReadingIts time for the second annual Google Science Fair. Last year over 10,000 students submitted 7,500 entries from 90 countries from around the globe. The 2011 winner, American Shree Bose, discovered a way to prevent cancer cells from becoming resistant to the chemotherapy drug, cisplatin. With such amazing entries last year everyone is waiting in excited anticipation […]
Continue ReadingIts likely that as a geek you are aware of the Maker movement. I have to admit it is hard being a parent in a house full of electronic parts. My kids are enamored with all of the shiny parts and LEDs that are hooked up to the latest project . Unfortunately it is pretty […]
Continue ReadingThis year, like so many others, I started my year with a New Year’s resolution to lose weight and eat healthier. This generally means tossing the sweets and indulging in the grocery produce aisles. Having been a Girl Scout all my life, I was raised on Thin Mints and Samoas (Carmel Delights) and I remember […]
Continue ReadingMy household is still in full on holiday mode here, we are still enjoying the decorations and the music. One of my absolute favorite Christmas songs is “Carol of the Bells”, so when I found this video by one of my newest favorite music groups, I was giddy. The Piano Guys are a group of […]
Continue ReadingI have been on the search for the perfect Christmas countdown calendar. I’m not a fan of the boards with chocolate in them and, being geeky, most traditional advent calendars just don’t seem to fit our family personality. So when I happened upon this magnificent creation in the GeekMom Flickr group, I knew immediately I’d […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday the news feeds and Twitter were all aflutter about the Mythbuster team’s wild cannonball. Seems a test firing went awry during a shoot, and a 30-pound cannonball traveling 1,000 feet per second escaped the test site, struck a house 700 yards away, and continued straight through, coming to rest in a parked minivan. No […]
Continue ReadingThe Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a NASA project designed for long-term exploration of the Martian surface. MSL successfully launched on November 26th, at 7:02 am PDT, and is scheduled to land on the Mars Gale crater sometime between August 6-20, 2012. All onboard checks to this point have shown that the launch was completely successful […]
Continue ReadingWhat do you do when your husband comes to you and says that he wants to grow a beard? I cringed. My husband has never been the type of guy to have facial hair of any kind. When he explained to me that it was a campaign to raise fund for breast cancer research, my […]
Continue ReadingIf you are like me, you are constantly on the lookout for new iPad apps that your kids will like. My son is obsessed with Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 recently and I finally found an app that combines his love of the movie with his love of the iPad. The Disney Cars 2 AppMATes turns your iPad […]
Continue ReadingHere at GeekMom, we want to wish all of our American readers a Happy Thanksgiving! This year make sure to take time to find the perfect turkey! Even the most armed turkey tastes good with gravy and stuffing! Although there are a few turkeys that aren’t quite right and should remain in the wild. Now […]
Continue ReadingToday, November 7th, marks the 144th birthday of one of the most famous female scientists of all time. Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist, and is best known for her pioneering work in the field of radioactivity. Google has dedicated their doodle today to her. Marie Curie was born Maria Salomea Sklodowska in Warsaw, […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been a Girl Scout since I was five years old, now at 29, I am a lifetime member. I haven’t been so proud of the Girl Scout organization, especially the Girl Scouts of Colorado, since I received my Gold Award from that council in 2000. It’s well known that Girl Scouts is a national […]
Continue ReadingFor those of us who have miscarried, we have all had to go through our own grieving processes. Usually part of that grieving process requires us to untell all of the people that we excitedly shared our pregnancy news with early on. Since pregnancy loss is such a taboo subject, most people don’t know how […]
Continue ReadingToday is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. 1 in 4 women experience a miscarriage in their lives, yet how many women do you know who actually talk about it? I doubt very many. Every single day in the US, 2,000 women lose a baby to pregnancy/infant loss. That’s 700,000 a year, a quarter […]
Continue ReadingThe Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has launched and is on its way to the moon. This mission will use a pair of spacecraft to measure and map the gravity on the moon. Gravity changes can be caused by mountains, valleys and other structures hidden beneath the lunar surface. Scientists are hoping that […]
Continue Reading***Warning this post contains spoilers about The Wedding of River Song and may refer to previous episodes of Doctor Who. If you haven’t watched the episode or don’t want to be surprised do not read further.*** Its finale time! I’ll be sad that I have to wait till Christmas for another dose of the good […]
Continue ReadingThe Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded yesterday. I have to tell you that I was shocked and thrilled when I heard the announcement on the radio. You see, when I was working at Space Telescope Science Institute, one of my absolute favorite programs that I worked on was a high-z supernova search lead by […]
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