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RedOrbit Wooly mammoth blood recovered from frozen carcass, Russian scientists say Fox News Scientists with the Research Institute of Applied Ecology of the North, North-Eastern Federal University, and the Russian Geographical Society announced on...

Asteroid miners ponder who'll want a piece of a rock NBCNews.com (blog) The suggestion that public interest can drive advances in science and profits in space was a running theme at this year's Spacefest, an annual meeting for all types of space...

Stunning time-lapse brings Antarctic ice breaking adventure to life
CNN
Brooks, who is studying international ocean policy, was one of 30 U.S.

The Guardian
Clean energy in a carbon-choked world
The Guardian
This month, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million for the first time in human history.

Humanity's temporary faith in science
Washington Post
The discussion of George F. Will's “synthetic hysteria” [“A 'synthetic hysteria' hit parade,” letters, March 2] reminded me of the false dichotomy between faith and science.

This collection of unabridged, spectacular steampunk speculations includes several classics of the genre. These tales will sweep you away with their amazing automata, daring dirigibles, grinding gears, and scintillating steam ...

Mike Geeks on Private Flights to Mars with his buddy Dennis Tito, but could you spend a year in space? Sam is going to play games on her trip around the world on International TableTop Day, Nielsen wakes up and smells ...

It's a funny thing but the idea for writing about Spartacus came about by chance. In March 2009, I was talking with my agent about ideas for books. I had already set my mind upon a trilogy (now a tetralogy) set during the ...

Science Recorder Venus dried out because it's so close to sun NBCNews.com (blog) With alien planets now a planetary-science frontier, studying Venus — which is within easy reach of Earth — will give clues about what to look for in exoplanet...

Armed with Science
The Continuing Scientific Relevance Of SciFi
Armed with Science
So why, do you ask, are these awesome iconic SciFi symbols in a museum instead of, say, in a novelty shop somewhere?

George RR Martin is writing the Coffee Table Book of Ice and Fire io9 While we all eagerly, nervously, nailbitingly await the release of The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in A Song of Ice and Fire, rest assured that GRRM is writing plenty of...

Wired
Imaging Breakthrough: See Atomic Bonds Before and After Molecular Reaction
Wired
Until now, scientists were only able to infer molecular structures.

Wired Radiation Risk for Mars Astronauts Will Be Dangerously High Wired Within NASA's current guidelines, sending humans to Mars “would be unacceptable,” said Francis Cucinotta, chief scientist of NASA's space radiation program and another...

When you think cyberpunk, you think gargantuan cities made up of towering skyscrapers and peppered with buzzing neon, huge adverts flashing across the sky. You also think human augmentation - adding technology to our ...

Star Wars video with audio from Schoolhouse Rock's "Interjection!"

Can Creative Writing Be Taught?
WBUR
At least that's what I've come to conclude in my 15-plus years as a creative writing instructor.

Steampunk Treasure Island sets sail
Screen International
Hawkins and Silver, named for the two leading characters Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver, is set in a steampunk world where animals and humans live alongside each other.