Yearly Archives: 2017

What If? Rejects #7.1: Thor’s Hammer

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Previous post in this series: Chainsaws Next post in this series: Kisses Q: In Thor, the main character is at one point spinning his hammer so fast that he creates a strong tornado. Would this be possible in real life? … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a French-made science fiction film based on the long-running French comics series, Valérian and Laureline. It was something a little different in the summer of superhero movies, post-apocalyptic fiction, and so … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Okay, so I’ve got a long backlog of movie and other reviews to cover, and I’m going to try to get them done quickly. So right now, we’re starting with a bang with my spoiler-free review of Spider-Man: Homecoming. A … Continue reading →

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Kepler-1625b I: The First Exomoon…Maybe

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

So, the big science news of the day is the potential discovery of the first known “exomoon”—that is, a moon orbiting an extrasolar planet. (Scientific paper here.) Scientists have been looking for such moons for years, only to turn up … Continue reading →

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The Thirteenth Doctor: Jodie Whittaker

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

The BBC announced yesterday that next year, the thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor (not including the War Doctor) of Doctor Who after Peter Capaldi leaves the show will be Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to headline the iconic series. I … Continue reading →

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Television Review: Doctor Who Series 10

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Doctor Who’s tenth series has just concluded (the new Doctor Who, that is), and I would be remiss if I did not mark it with a review here. All in all, this was a pretty good season. It wasn’t the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Cars 3

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

It might sound surprising, but I’m a pretty big Pixar (and Disney) fan. If you’ve been on the Internet for a while, you might have seen others; you can find quite a few on YouTube. I particularly recommend the Super … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Wonder Woman

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

DC Comics, home of Batman, Superman, Justice League, and others, has had a lackluster track record with its (live-action) films. Compared with Marvel, which has produced mostly hits, the typical DC superhero movie is just average at best…until now! I … Continue reading →

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Days 3 and 4 at the #AAS230: Galaxies, Supernovae, and Space Weather

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant. The AAS Conference has concluded, but there’s still a lot of exciting science going on. Here are the big stories from the final day and a half. Sadly, I missed the first talk on … Continue reading →

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Day 2 at the #AAS230: Warm Jupiters, Human Spaceflight, and Other Stories

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Artist’s rendition of the mysterious Planet Nine. The second day of the AAS Conference has concluded with still more fascinating tales from the world of astronomy. We begin with the tale of the Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which concluded … Continue reading →

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