Product copy written for ThinkGeek.com website and print catalog prior to GameStop’s purchase of the brand ABC, SCIENCE WITH ME A baby is a complex science experiment, from the colorful substances it produces to the other-worldly sounds it emits. Swaddled in these three adorably brilliant creepers, your favorite future scientist will have a leg up … Read more
Product copy written for ThinkGeek.com website and print catalog prior to GameStop’s purchase of the brand HAVE FUN STORMIN’ DA CASTLE “Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles.” It’s all here, faithfully recreated from The Princess Bride in a classic-style board game. Play as Westley, Princess Buttercup, Inigo Montoya, Fezzik, or Vizzini. Explore … Read more
Product copy written for ThinkGeek.com website and print catalog prior to GameStop’s purchase of the brand ORRERY THERE YET? The night sky and the cosmos have been calling to us since the dawn of humanity. Long before we discovered we are not, in fact, the center of the universe, we have been cataloging stars and … Read more
Product copy written for ThinkGeek.com website and print catalog prior to GameStop’s purchase of the brand THE LATEST SUPERHERO SPIN-OFF People said the Age of Heroes would never come again, but Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, and Green Lantern have returned! And the World’s Greatest Super Heroes have each brought their own sleek, … Read more
This article was written for SpaceFlight Insider, and is republished here with permission. On August 11, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas, opened its doors to media, sharing progress on its Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS). The independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organization has a long history of involvement in our nation’s space program, including … Read more
During my training to become a Texas Master Naturalist, one of my goals was to volunteer with many organizations in different capacities to see what I most enjoyed. I spent some of my first 40 volunteer service hours toward certification doing habitat restoration and rehabilitation work to remove non-native invasive species of plants from area public lands. These activities are immensely gratifying … Read more
Article written for NYCAviation.com and republished with permission. With a little help, a space shuttle took to the skies briefly on August 14 in Houston, Texas. Space Shuttle Independence was hoisted by the smallest of Mammoet Holding’s cranes, a 440 ton behemoth stabilized by 980,000 pounds of counterweights (more than the International Space Station would … Read more