Here’s a story with bite.
Stunt pilots to go after space probe
This is a cool story: Hollywood stunt pilots are being called on to capture the Genesis space probe from mid-air when it re-enters the atmosphere with its cargo of particles of the solar wind in four months.
Nanotech doesn’t necessarily mean tiny robots
This story about a miniscule DNA computer (as opposed to, what? A giant DNA computer filling several rooms?) doesn’t use the word “nanotechnology,” but I have to admit I wonder why. It’s technology, it’s definitely on the nanoscale. Is the term “nanotechnology” becoming limited to non-organic devices? That would be silly. If I may quote …
ET speculation
Dr. Michio Kaku talks about the physics of extra-terrestrial civilizations in this interesting–and obviously SF-related–article from Astrobiology Magazine.
POD people–NOT a SF headline
The Globe and Mail has an article on the attack of the POD people on traditional publishing.
Canadian Shakespeareans in space
William Shatner…Christopher Plummer…Leslie Nielsen…Lorne Green…space, it seems, is the final frontier for Canadian Shakespearean actors.
If we can’t get to the moon…
…then the moon will have to come to us–bearing a mineral new to science, dubbed hapkeite.
The Science of Hockey
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 …
Hugo Gernsback on a stamp
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.
Zap
Today’s SF headline: Integrated Testing Of First Airborne Ray Gun Completed.
More on the best ebook reader yet…
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 …
No dad for rodent babies
No, I don’t feel threatened. Why do you ask?
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