Washington is wonky. But according to recent data complied by the National Science Foundation, we’re merely the seventh-most geeky place in the country.

Friend of DCist Jim Darling sent us this video last week of his friend Ann Posegate’s trip to the South Pole with the National Science Foundation. Posegate is a local journalist and educator who works for the National Environmental Education Foundation and also blogs with the Capitol Weather Gang. Although her trip was back in January of this year, we thought you might enjoy a virtual trip to one of the coldest places on Earth. Also, penguins!

>> The hippest bill tonight is new Saddle Creek Records artists Tokyo Police Club, a pop-rocking group of Canadians who will bring their catchy tunes to the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight to play with Ra Ra Riot, and D.C.’s Jukebox the Ghost. 9 p.m., $12. >> Band of Horses take the 9:30 Club stage tonight, and tickets are still available. Check out our review of their show at the Black Cat last year….

>> Mark this day, D.C. It took a full 37 days for us to use the “Marion Barry in trouble with the law again” keystroke in 2007. Federal prosecutors are asking that the Councilman’s probation in his tax-evasion case be revoked. They say Barry has failed to meet the terms of his plea agreement by not paying back taxes and not filing again in 2005. After being convicted on federal charges of not paying…

After a hiatus for the month of July, the National Science Foundation’s popular Cafe Scientifique (Arlington) is back. August’s cafe speaker will be geologist Dr. Tom Wagner, under the topic heading “From Dust to Us: a Brief History of the Earth and Moon”. Dr. Wagner is a lead scientist for NSF’s Antarctic Geology program and an expert in volcanoes, climate, and Antarctica, among other things. And how often do we get to talk about things…

Following up their popular May event, Sarah Goforth, Mary Hanson and the folks at the National Science Foundation will be holding their monthly Café Scientifique out in Ballston at The Front Page. Neuroscientist Kathie Olsen will be expounding under the evening’s heading of Your Phantasmagorical Brain!. As the Beltway is a rather loquacious place, it’s the more verbal left side of the brain that usually gets a workout around these parts. For those who…

With so much of the District wrapped in a political bubble, sometimes it’s nice to take a break and remember that there are things in this world not based on massive plumes of hot air — science for instance. Café Scientifique, a monthly event organized by the National Science Foundation, (NSF) helps connect the scientific experts and the average viewers of NOVA. Held in Arlington last month, the first Café Scientifique had such a great…