you shall know them.
Space art in children’s books
Here’s a fascinating site that shows art relating to space and space travel that appeared in children’s books from 1883 to 1974 (via John Scalzi).
Our future masters, in infancy?
More on the self-replicating robots: here’s a page with pictures and video (via John Scalzi).
Robert J. Sawyer on Net.talk tomorrow
Oh, and while I’m on the subject of science fiction, Hugo and Nebula-Award winning author Robert J. Sawyer will be our guest on the Access Communications TV program Net.talk that I host every Thursday. You have to live in Regina (and be an Access subscriber) to see it, alas, but if you happen to, please …
And as long as I’m here, did you hear about the self-replicating robots?
As long as I’m blogging… Here’s today’s Science Fiction Headline of the Day: “Self-replicating robots on the loose in NY.”
Removing the itch from wool
I emerge from self-imposed blogging silence because this is news too good not to tell others about: scientists have figured out a biopolishing method that makes scratchy wool feel silky smooth. I’ve never much liked wool, ever since I was a kid, because it itches. Now, all that may be about to change. Yay!
The colours of our lives
Those of us old enough to remember Paul McCartney as a young man will also remember the fascination we all had with colour televisions. Colour gave even programs like My Mother the Car added sparkle, and as for Star Trek…well! Objectively speaking, though, colours are just certain wavelengths of light. Light, in turn, is merely …
Light blogging alert
Look for very little new here for the next week. Deadline difficulties. I’ll probably post my weekly science column tomorrow, and that’ll be about it for a few days. But I’ll be back!
Strange Harvest on CBC May 16
Here’s the detailed schedule for “Six Impossible Things,” the two-week tour of Canadian speculative fiction being hosted by Nalo Hopkinson for CBC’s Between the Covers. Looks like I’m leading things off; my story “Strange Harvest” will air on Monday, May 16, with Terence M. Green’s “Room 1786.” Between the Covers airs weekday afternoons at 2:30 …
Early aircraft design
I love airplanes. (I don’t actually enjoy flying very much, but I love the look of the craft that make it possible.) Check out this fascinating gallery of early aircraft designs. The remarkable thing is that, even though they’re from the early 20th century, many of them still look futuristic. And if you’re wondering why …
This is…motivational
My book Genetics Demystified is listed on Amazon…and I haven’t turned it in, yet (though I will, soon). And (par for the course) the “About the Author” bit misspells my name. As did the Globe Theatre in its program for Twelfth Night. As did the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan in its …
Paleogallery
Check out this gallery of paleontological art from the Smithsonian. Fascinating to anyone with an interest in museum art–either the subject matter, or the techniques used to make it.
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