Lenny Pierce
Science nerd covering everything from astronomy to evolutionary biology. Check out my original series Miracles of Weird in which I document a new bizarre critter every Friday.
![1+1=3. Scientists Nail Nuclear Fusion](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
1+1=3. Scientists Nail Nuclear Fusion
![Sequencing of Ancient Child’s DNA Proves First Americans Came From Siberia](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Sequencing of Ancient Child’s DNA Proves First Americans Came From Siberia
![Animal Aggression in Females is More Subtle, But No Less Important](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Animal Aggression in Females is More Subtle, But No Less Important
![Free Fishies! Dutch Technicians Build Mobile Aquarium Driven by Fish](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Free Fishies! Dutch Technicians Build Mobile Aquarium Driven by Fish
![Cause of Munchies Found to be Olfactory Overdrive, Not Inherent Tastiness of Nachos](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Cause of Munchies Found to be Olfactory Overdrive, Not Inherent Tastiness of Nachos
![Tatooine-like Planets are Real, and May Have Interesting History with Their Twin Suns](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Tatooine-like Planets are Real, and May Have Interesting History with Their Twin Suns
![Man Uses First Touch-Sensitive Bionic Hand](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Man Uses First Touch-Sensitive Bionic Hand
![Curiosity Rover Snaps our Photo from Mars](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Curiosity Rover Snaps our Photo from Mars
![Miracles of Weird: The Hagfish](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Miracles of Weird: The Hagfish
![No Moon? (Potentially) No Problem for the Habitability of Alien Planets.](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
No Moon? (Potentially) No Problem for the Habitability of Alien Planets.
![Space-Grown Vegetables Confirmed As Edible](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Space-Grown Vegetables Confirmed As Edible
![Life On Mars? That’s Rhawn Joseph’s Theory, And He Wants NASA To Investigate …](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Life On Mars? That’s Rhawn Joseph’s Theory, And He Wants NASA To Investigate …
![300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Fan Event Packs a Huge 3-Dimensional Punch](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Fan Event Packs a Huge 3-Dimensional Punch
![Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014
![For Stem Cell Creation, A Little Stress Goes a Long Way](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
For Stem Cell Creation, A Little Stress Goes a Long Way
![Chip n’ Dale to Hit the Big Screen](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Chip n’ Dale to Hit the Big Screen
![Miracles of Weird: The Pink Fairy Armadillo](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Miracles of Weird: The Pink Fairy Armadillo
![LEGO to Make Ghostbusters Set for the Film’s 30th Anniversary](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
LEGO to Make Ghostbusters Set for the Film’s 30th Anniversary
![Polaris is Getting Brighter, and Has Been for a While](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Polaris is Getting Brighter, and Has Been for a While
![A Brief History of Zumbrowka, Wes Anderson’s Fictional Republic](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
A Brief History of Zumbrowka, Wes Anderson’s Fictional Republic
![NASA’s Robonaut 2 Busts Some Groundbreaking Moves](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
NASA’s Robonaut 2 Busts Some Groundbreaking Moves
![Presence of Water on Dwarf Planet Ceres is Officially Confirmed](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Presence of Water on Dwarf Planet Ceres is Officially Confirmed
![Happy 10th Anniversary to the Mars Rover Opportunity](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Happy 10th Anniversary to the Mars Rover Opportunity
![Fermi Telescope Makes Valuable Use of Gravitational Lens](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)