Category Archives: Featured



Happy Birthday Opportunity: 10 Years on Mars Today! [NASA Video]

Happy birthday Opportunity! On the same day 10 years ago, you first landed on Mars, and even though your initial mission was supposed to last only 90 days, you’re still going on strong after all these years! Two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on the Red Planet in January, 2004, on a 90-day […]

Ladies: Watch This Video of Tom Hiddleston Shirtless and Sword Fighting

Since I know quite a few of you really like Tom Hiddleston, I thought you’d all appreciate this video featuring the actor without a shirt, sword fighting, and then somehow pumping his arm muscles (but unfortunately, not all at the same time.) Yes, yes. You’re all very welcome. [DonmarWarehouse | Via]



Facebook Mocks Predictions of its Doom

Two Princeton researchers have forecast that Facebook will lose 80 percent of its users by 2017. Facebook has responded by poking fun at the methodology and making its own forecast that Princeton will disappear by 2021, with the human population lasting only four decades beyond that. John Cannarella and Joshua A Spechler make their forecast […]

This Geek Hates Big Bang Theory With a Passion, Do You?

We’ve occasionally posted about The Big Ban Theory here on Geeks are Sexy, and each time we do, a certain number of you start vehemently protesting against the show. The opinions are pretty mixed though, some like it as light entertainment, and other see TBBT as something that anyone with a head on his shoulder […]

Uh-Oh: The Black Hole Science Rap [Science Music Video]

An awesome new science-themed rap by my pal Michael Wilson aka Coma Niddy explaining how black holes aren’t really dangerous per se, what we really need to worry about is being caught in the event horizon, leading inexorably to death by spaghettification. Speaking of spaghettification, black holes are probably entry points to the plane of […]

Disney’s MALEFICENT [Official Trailer #2]

http://youtu.be/NG5786fjozY Maleficent” explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent (Jolie) cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the […]

The Original Spock Wants to Be Your Honorary Grandfather

Yes Mr. Spock Nimoy, you can. I don’t have any grandfather left, so I’ll gladly accept you as my honorary grandfather. Thank you so much! I have tears of joy streaming down my face right now. I am honored to have so many honorary grandchildren. Blessings on all. LLAP — Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) January 15, […]

Welcome to Erf: Meeting Women in the Real World

By Eric Smith, excerpted from The Geek’s Guide to Dating. “Being clever’s a fine thing, but sometimes a boy just needs to get out of the house and meet some girls.” Such is the wisdom of Flex Mentallo, wrestler/superhero/metafictional comic book character. He’s advising the angsty teen who not only is Flex’s creator but may […]