Cory Doctorow writes about Isaac Asimov, and the upcoming film adaptation of his collection I, Robot, in Wired.

Looks like Saturn’s moon Phoebe probably originated in the Kuiper Belt, not the asteroid belt; it’s a frozen time capsule of the early solar system.

Nanotechnology isn’t just about self-replicating robots threatening to turn the world into gray goo; it’s also about Betterhumans >fighting cancer.

In 2000, Buffy Sainte-Marie, the Saskatchewan-born singer, artist, teacher and Academy Award-winning songwriter, was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters Degree by Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. During her convocational address, she mentioned some of the breakthroughs of aboriginal peoples in science and technology. Inspired by her address, Lakehead University shortly thereafter set …

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Here’s a fascinating article on a href=”http://dictionary.oed.com/newsletters/2002-06/tolkien.html”J. R. R. Tolkien’s work on the Oxford English Dictionary/a. I wish I’d seen this before I wrote my children’s biography of Tolkien; I could have added a couple of interesting paragraphs.

Here’s a fascinating article on J. R. R. Tolkien’s work on the Oxford English Dictionary. I wish I’d seen this before I wrote my children’s biography of Tolkien; I could have added a couple of interesting paragraphs.

Christopher Hitchens writes in Slate on Michael Moore’s new film, Fahrenhei 9/11: To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise …

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As if you need me to point you to this story…they did it! On the other hand, sounds like they had a few problems. The Da Vinci Project may yet catch up to win the prize…

The comet Wild 2, as seen by the Stardust spacecraft, with the names assigned by the Stardust team to the visible features. Cool!

a href=’http://photos1.blogger.com/img/240/1109/640/60818main_fig2-0617040-browse.jpg’img border=’0′ style=’border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px’ src=’http://photos1.blogger.com/img/240/1109/320/60818main_fig2-0617040-browse.jpg’/abr /The comet Wild 2, as seen by the Stardust spacecraft, with the names assigned by the Stardust team to the visible features. Cool!

The comet Wild 2, as seen by the Stardust spacecraft, with the names assigned by the Stardust team to the visible features. Cool!

New photos from the U.S. Stardust spacecraft have completely altered scientists’ view of comets. Research has a way of doing that. Just when we think we have everything all figured out, somebody goes and finds a way to actually test our theories, and upsets the applecart. Which, of course, is precisely what makes science so …

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