“Credible Research into Interstellar Flight.” Far out. Both literally and figuratively.
Go. Look. Laugh!
Every issue, Dave Langford’s popular science fiction fanzine Ansible includes “Thog’s Masterclass,” hilarious examples of…well, I won’t call it bad writing, because sometimes the examples come from generally excellent work by excellent writers (though not always), but even the best writer is occasionally guilty of infelicitious phrasing. The current issue has a particularly good selection …
That’s because they’re still sitting up after midnight reading articles with headlines like New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think, duh. I’m going to bed.
Says the headline: Novel gene therapy may lead to cure in hemophilia A patients. Maybe it’s time to revise this book.
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There are people—I seem to be one of them—who attract mosquitoes like magnets attract iron filings. And then there are people who claim never to be bothered by them at all. It’s a phenomenon that has long been recognized but never understood—until now. British scientists from Rothamsted Research in Harpenden and the University of Aberdeen …
But man, does this magnetic floating bed look cool!
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Headline: Beatles’ legacy revived with Cirque’s Love show in Las Vegas.
