Career-wise, Zendaya has pretty much done it all. On top of starring in and producing one of Disney Channel’s biggest shows ever, K.C. Undercover, Z has landed roles in two huge films (Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Greatest Showman on Earth), along with inking a record deal, designing her own fashion line, and starting her own Zendaya app. Whew! Continue reading Why Zendaya is Helping Bring Tech to Kids in Need
‘The Lego Batman Movie’ uses an impressive style of animation that replicates the look of real lego bricks. These digital bricks abide by all the rules of real Lego bricks, so they cannot bend or move in an impractical way. Mike Seymour breaks down a few of the most remarkable scenes, where numerous complex techniques were used to create a believable image. Continue reading How They Animated ‘The Lego Batman Movie’
It’s been a busy week for Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose story was the center of the critically acclaimed film “Hidden Figures.” Continue reading We Have Liftoff: Lego Set Honoring Women Of NASA Will Land On A Shelf Near You
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wears lab coats and bow ties. Others wear long, mauve dresses emblazoned with planets, rocket ships, and light bulbs. Continue reading Netflix is bringing back Bill Nye and “The Magic School Bus” to remind us all that science is important (and fun!)
By Brady Rhoades
Imagine: You’re watching The Big Bang Theory and Sheldon confuses photons with protons. Or Leonard works in degrees when he should be working in radians. Or Raj gets refraction angles wrong. It doesn’t happen. And you can thank the show’s fact checkers for that. Among them is science consultant David Saltzberg, a master physicist. Continue reading Who Put the BANG in The Big Bang Theory?
Exploring the work and lives of NASA personnel Continue reading The author of The Martian is writing a NASA TV pilot for CBS
Chevrolet brought a lot of cool vehicles to the 2017 North American International Auto Show. The coolest — by far — was their life-sized Lego Batmobile. Continue reading Chevy Brought a Life-Sized Lego Batmobile to the Detroit Auto Show
Comedian Aziz Ansari will host “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 21, the NBC show announced Tuesday, and in doing so, he will make history as its first host of South Asian descent. Continue reading Aziz Ansari will be SNL’s first South Asian American host
The first black female garden designer in the 103-year history of the Chelsea Flower Show has won a gold medal. Continue reading First female black designer in 103 years of Chelsea Flower Show wins gold
Taraji P. Henson hates math, and Octavia Spencer has a paralyzing fear of calculus, but that didn’t stop either actress from playing two of the most important mathematicians the world hasn’t ever known. Continue reading Uncovering a Tale of Rocket Science, Race and the ’60s
