Archive for "Oct 2009"

Episode 8: Preserving the Stars

In Episode 8 of Science… sort of, Patrick Ryan and Justin sit back, relax, and eat some science, while drinking their favorite beverages. Patrick discusses a recent meeting on global species diversity, while Ryan and Justin can’t decide what a species is in the first place. Then the trio discuss the trailer for the upcoming [...]

Episode 7: The Butterfly Effect

In this week’s installment of Science… sort of; The mysterious Sr. Niño makes an appearance, he teaches the guys and important lesson about jumping to meteorological conclusions but he also needs your help! Once you’ve listened to the show you can e-mail him, “senornino” at “sciencesortof.com” and find out how you can get involved in [...]

Where the Wild Things Are Opens Oct 16th

Finally, a movie for which we reviewed the trailer is actually coming out in theaters. We were mostly positive in reviewing the trailer, so we’re excited about this one.  Anyway, you might as well try to win this contest thing (click the image below, contest ends Oct 25th). While you are there, buy your tickets [...]

1,000 Downloads!

Today the 1,000th copy of Science… sort of was downloaded and we are in the “New and Notable,” “Featured” and “Top 100 Audio Podcasts” sections under the “Science and Medicine” genre in iTunes (that’s all, just the Top 100, no big deal). A big “thank you” to everyone who has downloaded the show!!! -The Paleopals

Episode 6: Space… sort of

Episode 6 of Science… sort of is probably the most sciencey episode so far.  We bring in an extra-terrestrial expert to talk about water on the moon. SPECIAL GUEST: Charles Barnhart (UCSC) We contemplate the price of lunar bottled water and where to hide a space elevator from terrorists. Next we discuss NASA’s LCROSS mission, [...]

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