The act of watching a movie full of sci-fi presented as science, especially a comic book movie, with a real scientist is a self-flagellation similar to asking an elderly relative about their health and hearing about their bowel movements. You’ll get responses…at length…that you don’t want to hear…but out of respect and/or legally binding vows you can’t shut them down. [...]

Loving things that are terrible is one of the great joys of Netflix. Thanks to Watch Instantly, or Qwikster as it will always be in my heart, you can enjoy the latest of today and yesterday’s televised shit and in bulk no less. I’ve declared my love of The Vampire Diaries (called VD unironically by anyone born since 1990 and [...]

According to my phone, Albany is currently 11°F. That means that only reason I’m leaving my house is to get a haircut (Because my long hair is mad aggravating, yo.) and buy a sofa (Fun fact: Five years after college is the international time limit for owning a futon instead of a sofa bed. Sure, we can call what’s in [...]

You have questions, and he has… sort of answers and maybes. That’s right, it’s time for another “Ask a Guy in an Unrelated Field.” By: Mike Padgen In your last article, the level of handwaviness  was so astounding. You’re welcome. Uh, thanks? Well, as I was saying, it was so astounding, I just can’t help coming back for more. So, [...]

By: Mike Padgen The discovery of the Higgs boson (a.k.a. the God particle) made headlines throughout the world. Major news outlets reached out to experts to help explain the importance of this discovery. The Cool Ship has turned to… a guy in an unrelated field. What is this Higgs boson thing and why should we care about it? This is [...]