Dr. Michio Kaku talks about the physics of extra-terrestrial civilizations in this interesting–and obviously SF-related–article from Astrobiology Magazine.

The Globe and Mail has an article on the attack of the POD people on traditional publishing.

William Shatner…Christopher Plummer…Leslie Nielsen…Lorne Green…space, it seems, is the final frontier for Canadian Shakespearean actors.

…then the moon will have to come to us–bearing a mineral new to science, dubbed hapkeite.

I understand from usually reliable sources that there are some rather important hockey games being played this week. This works out well for me, because hockey is chock-full of interesting scientific phenomena. I am not the first to notice this. The Exploratorium in San Francisco, the granddaddy of all science centres, has devoted an extensive …

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Luxembourg has honored Hugo Gernsback, creator of Amazing Stories, the world’s first science fiction magazine (although he preferred the term “scientifiction,” and namesake of the Hugo Awards for best science fiction, with a postage stamp.

Today’s SF headline: Integrated Testing Of First Airborne Ray Gun Completed.

The Guardian takes a sneak peak at Sony’s remarkable new e-book reader. Hey, I like paper as much as the next guy–but what’s really important about a book are its words, not how they’re presented. I get impatient with people who dismiss e-books out of hand because “you can’t read them in the bath” (so …

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No, I don’t feel threatened. Why do you ask?

It’s spring, the time when a young girl’s (or boy’s) heart turns to thoughts of…swings, slides, and merry-go-rounds. At least, that’s the case with the young girl I know best, my daughter Alice, who has been talking about playgrounds ever since the snow started melting. I’m sure her desire to visit one is all part …

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From Reuters: Mars Travel Hazard: Electric Mini-Tornadoes.

It took 40 years–but it’s up!