Cutta Cutta, The Cat Who Taught Something to MIT Engineers
Once upon a time there was a beautiful black cat named Cutta Cutta who lived with MIT Associate Professor Dr. Roman Stocker and his family. Dr. Stocker went to work every day at MIT and worked hard...
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Alexandra Siy experienced The Perfect Storm, which involved dog sledding with Ruby and her son, when during a nighttime blizzard in Boulder, a pack of coyotes ran across the trail and a woman screamed...
View ArticleMission-Critical Research on the Cat
AUTHORS: Dr. Caleb Goodman, Principal Investigator, age 6. Dr. Kate Miller, Laboratory Assistant, age 43. INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: SMKSA International (Scientific Method + Kids = Superfine...
View ArticleProtect Your Tender Flesh: Sleep Alone!
Some scientists recently warned pet owners to not allow pets to sleep with them in bed, and really, it should surprise no one that our furry friends are crawling with disease. Yet, in spite of the...
View ArticleWhen Celebrating Pi, Never Let the Kids Win
Pi Day is a cutthroat annual ritual at our house. It’s the dog-eat-dog world of “Who Can Calculate Pi Most Accurately Using Simple Household Objects?” Friends, it gets ugly. This year, the competitors...
View ArticleIs Your Cat Speaking Elvish?
How many times could your swear your sweet kitty is trying to tell you something? Something wise and powerful? Something a mere human cannot grasp? The latest research in cat speech shows that these...
View ArticleFantastic Cats in Sci-fi & Fantasy
When you think of cats, you probably think of cute, fluffy bundles of scratchy fun; but do you think of the many cats that have become a part of geek culture? Cats can be seen in more geeky places than...
View ArticleMeow Mix — The Seriously Twisted Mind of Cyriak
You’ve probably seen his animation quite a bit but didn’t realize it. Or maybe you did, which was my case about a year and a half ago when I saw a shared YouTube video called Cows & Cows &...
View ArticleDeep Space Feline
I don’t have cats, but it doesn’t mean I can’t like these Star Trek Cat Trees…
View ArticleAnybody Want a Peanut?
No, I’m not trying to give away my oldest son. (Michael’s nickname since the day he was born, almost 14 years ago, has been Peanut.) I’m quoting my favorite movie of all time, The Princess Bride....
View ArticleStatus Cats
Just when the dreary winter weather has got you down, in swoops the HTTP Status Cats! Check out these funny photos by Flickr user girlie_mac.
View ArticleMeow! We Win Game of Thrones!
All your computes iz ours! Iz warm! We iz new evil— MEOW!! ::HISS::: ………………………………………… We at GeekMom apologize for the service interruption today, folks. It seems that some cats who learned to speak...
View ArticleFractals Will Prevent Internet Cat Photo Shortage
Don't worry, this article in Scientific American explains how fractal geometry will save us from any possible future shortage of cute cat photos on the internet. The Julia set, in particular, can be...
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