Topics pertaining to science fiction and/or fantasy, in book, TV show, or movie formats.
I’ve previously seen some scientists suggesting that Einstein was wrong about the speed of light in a vacuum being a universal limit. This seems to prove it, at least for particles without mass. As noted in the article, science fiction often relies on as-yet imaginary — though often scientifically plausible — technologies that side-step that …
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You’ve gotta be kidding me. (It does look remarkably good though.)
Parent, be warned. This is what happens when you refuse your child something he wants: […] As of this writing, he possesses 571 of the evil alien overlords after 20 years of collecting. In a real head-scratcher, Hull isn’t a fan of the TV series that gave birth to his beloved Daleks, “Doctor Who.” According …
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Back around the time I was born (yeah, way back there), science fiction great Larry Niven penned this amusing article about Superman. He got some of the bits wrong, or maybe it hadn’t been established at that point that Superman’s abilities started manifesting slowly around puberty. I’m sure that the superpowers he posits for the …
Another early step toward a working Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak, or the chameleon suits described in Peter F. Hamilton’s The Reality Dysfunction. I love technology. 🙂
I nearly wet myself laughing at the description. If your politics lean toward Tea Party conservative, you don’t want to read this. (I’m not sure why, but the game sounds familiar… maybe I’ve seen similar pictures on The Daily Show or something? I don’t seem to have blogged about it before.)
I’ve mentioned before the problem of man-made junk in low-earth orbit, and the three plans (American laser, Japanese fishing-net, and Italian robo-satellite) so far suggested to combat it. Apparently the problem is even worse than I’d realized, and has reached a critical stage. If I read the American laser proposal correctly (which isn’t guaranteed), it …
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Science fiction fans have long been known to make replicas of things from their favorite books, movies, or shows. There was even a fellow in Britain who turned his apartment into a replica of the Star Trek ship Voyager a few years back. This, however, is the first full-sized building created from a cartoon movie …
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A primary theme of this blog is that science fiction drives science. Apparently science is now directly feeding back into science fiction too. 🙂 I don’t expect this to really go anywhere. The motivation for it is pretty transparent: keeping NASA in the public eye now that there are no shuttle launches, so that Congress …
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I doubt this sort of thing will become the preferred way to attend a wedding any time soon, but until recently it wouldn’t have been possible for the home-bound bridesmaid to attend at all. Telepresence will only get better — easier to use, more reliable, with more control for the remote user — over time. …
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