Thoughts on Star Trek: Discovery
Did you think that Star Trek: Discovery was irredeemable? After episode nine, do you still think that?
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Anime roundup 11/30/2017: Hero Complex
In this week’s viewing: Inuyashiki and Kino’s Journey get bored and decide to let smoeone else be the hero, and more!
Harvard Scientists Made a Material That Creates Completely New States of Light
New forms of light could be used to manipulate atoms
Noticias Literatura 29-11
A new release featuring Santa Claus and Zombies, coverage of horror in a prestigious journal, and more
Who lives in the eleventh dimension? – Parallel Universes – BBC Science
this video from BBC show ‘Parallel Universe’ is full of mind-bending theories
The Floor is made of Lava – The Future of Moonbases
An underground cave on the Moon could serve as a good location for a lunar base, a project that several different groups are trying to get off the ground.
Universal Basic Income Could Boost US Economy by $2.5 Trillion
Basic Income in the US could also provide a huge boost for the nation’s economy.
Magnetically-Controlled Organic Microbots Could Change Medicine in the Next Ten Years
Researchers have developed a microbot made from algae that solves some problems with the tech
Zero-Point Energy Demystified | PBS Space Time
If you’re not sick and tired of scientists telling us what we can’t do, check out this video.
Review: Frankenstein Dreams
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur’s Collection of Victorian Science Fiction is a gallery of literary wonder edited by Michael Sims
REVIEW: The Naked World by Eli K. P. William
Middle books of a trilogy are the ugly step-child of literature. Everybody loves the first book in a trilogy: the characters are shiny and new and the world is a playground in which to explore. […]
Neuroscience Is Helping Us Build a Machine With Consciousness
Conscious robots with the capabilities of human beings are one of the oldest sci-fi tropes; a threatening blend of human and machine that could turn from friend to foe at a moment’s notice. With recent […]
Amazing Histories, February 1927: New Worlds and Human Failings
Time to activate the way-back machine once more as we journey to February 1927 and the latest issue of Amazing Stories!
Mars Needs Cash – and other issues with colonizing the red planet
A permanent settlement on Mars would undoubtedly be a testament to our capacity to explore the galaxy. However, it might not make much practical sense. Source: All the Reasons Why Humans Shouldn’t Colonize Mars, According […]
After 2030, Every Other Year Will Bring Record-Hot Summers, Predicts Study
Remember those historically hot months we’ve had recently? Well, those might soon be the norm in the United States, Canada, the Mediterranean, and pretty much all of Asia. In the next couple of decades, it […]
AMAZING NEWS: 11/26/17
NSFW loaves (no fishes); net neutrality, academia vs genre, wonder woman physics, a think tank for SF readers, and oh so much more!
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: 11/26/17
Robbie the Robot gets salvaged, auctioned, sold and loved…plus other stuff
JO PHAN’S READS: This Week in Fanzines
Iotas #9 & 12, Opuntia 397, N3F 11/17 and Revenge of Hump Day, 11/25; Plus: Major updates at Fanac.org, including Degler stuff!
TIME MACHINE: Popular Posts
Universe Bumping, Blade Runner review, messages to other stars and more
Lost Forever? Out There – a 1951/1952 Science Fiction TV Series
Fans of classic science fiction have only infrequently been able to see adaptations of written science fiction on television or in movie theaters. Even more, rarely have these adaptions been done seriously with any attention […]
Scientists contact Luyten’s star and hope it won’t trigger an invasion of Earth
Stephen Hawking is not happy
We’ve got 234 Problems and Aliens Might be Trying to Contact Us
101 dalmatians, 234 alien species….
Astronomers Find Star That Has Exploded Six Times – ExtremeTech
Astronomers have spotted something that shouldn’t exist–a star that acts as if it’s gone supernova at least six times. Writing in Nature, an international research team discusses the highly unusual case of iPTF14hls, first classified as […]
One of the Closest Earth-Like Planets Ever was Just Discovered
A low-mass exoplanet has been discovered in the orbit of the red dwarf star Ross 128. It’s thought to be Earth-like in terms of size and temperature. Source: We Just Discovered One of the Closest […]
REVIEW: BLADE RUNNER 2049
This week, Steve reviews the new(ish) movie Blade Runner 2049. Does he like it? Have you seen it? Did you like it? Check out the review and see if you agree!
Three Apollo Astronauts We Lost This Year
Apollo astronauts Gene Cernan, Richard Gordon and Paul Weitz died in 2017. There’s a little known story about each of them.
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