Science Is Sexy: What Exactly Is HIV?

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] HIV/AIDS is a worldwide pandemic disease, but I would wager that few people (even among our esteemed readers) really understand it at all.  You may be aware that Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (or AIDS) is a disease that results from an HIV infection.  To most, HIV/AIDS is a frightening […]

Science is Sexy Tidbit: Mrs. Darwin, Her Life in Brief

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Much has been made of the wives of the important men in history.  Some of those wives were very important in their own right, or even more so than their husbands.  It seems that one such lady has somehow slipped through the cracks of history, though. Recently, a […]


Geeky Pics: Equations in the Wild

By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] As if we don’t see enough equations in physics textbooks, sometimes they sneak up on us when we’re least expecting them. Some of the equations pictured are “famous” (though some are definitely not); please feel free to boast your equation-spotting skills in the comments. It’s like bird watching. “Oh […]

Pew Pew Pew – Because Lasers Make Everything Better

Well gentlemen, it’s Monday, meaning most of us are back to work, and probably all feeling depressed about it. So here’s a little something to improve your mood. Just for the record, I just bought $10,000 worth of Solar Gard Window Films. What? Me, influenceable? Nahhhhh, of course not! …sorry ladies, no hot guy firing […]

Futurama is Back, Baby!

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] According to an inside source who spoke to Collider, Comedy Central has decided to renew Futurama for another 13 million years episodes. The futuristic farce has long been a favorite among animated comedies, filling large time slots late at night in the US.  Now, after Comedy Central has re-aired the […]

Ted Talk: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (Science)

In the following video, “Bonk” author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious. Please note that even though this presentation is entirely scientific and contains no nudity at all, it is still aimed at adults. […]

Science is Sexy: What is Evolution?

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Few things in science cause as much public confusion as the Theory of Evolution.  While a number of great resources have already effectively elucidated the concept, including a video I’ve embedded in this article, I think it is valuable to repeat and expand upon these resources in a public […]