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One of science fiction’s jobs is to give humanity a map of where we’re headed. From Jules Verne to William Gibson, sci-fi authors have described their versions of the future, and how people might live in it. No comment yet.
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq3vwQywQ54 'It’s dark in here. Pitch black. Silent. This is where it all began and where it all ends. Perhaps,...
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Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcaster Robert Lamb wonders what it would take to get humanity jazzed about space again.
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The future of space station technology may lie in private hands. See images of wild ideas for future private space stations.
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Plus, flawed forecasts about Apple's certain demise and the poor prognostication skills of Bill Gates...
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His ideas may seem merely grandiose, but they reveal the deep affinity between American conservatism and one branch of science fiction. How Heinlein and Pournelle made Newt Gingrich crazy.
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PENN STATE / TEXAS A&M (US) — Emotional eating can lead people to eat when they’re happy, but focusing on the future can result in healthier choices.
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"Starting with his first appearance on ballantine's paperbacks in the 1950s, Richard Powers's career spanned over four decades in which he produced jacket illustrations for over 1,200 sf novels. Now widely regarded as the single most influential artist in the history of paperback illustrative art, he is also considered a figure of towering stature in american twentieth-century fine art.
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Dr. David Edwards, of Harvard University's Wyss Institute, is the man behind the controversial (as in, the FDA plans to investigate its safety) breathable caffeine and other vitamins, has been working on a new futuristic food item: edible containers. They've already created tomato containers with gazpacho inside, among other treats.
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Governments and corporations have more control over the Internet than ever. |
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We have a sneak preview to whet your appetite of Disney's blockbuster 'John Carter'. It's a five-minute-long (almost) action-packed clip from the epic action adventure, exclusively on Yahoo! Movies UK.
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There's been a lot of talk recently about how science is defined and who does it best. I don't much care to follow that, because it makes me stomp around my room shouting at the walls, and that's a waste of time.
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Tokyo-based Obayashi Corp. says carbon nanotubes can help make this technology a reality.
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David Pringle is a famed Scottish editor who has written several guides to science fiction. His book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels has been widely read and is still highly regarded today. In the book, Pringle lists his picks for the best SF novels written between 1949 and 1984 with a decided lean towards British SF.
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This inaugural article of the AI and Sustainability department sets the stage for articles in the area over the coming months and years. AI and sustainability is a nascent area, and elaborating it's brief history with pointers to recent and notable activities is this article's primary goal, as well as contextualizing AI and sustainability within the larger computing and sustainability movement.
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Travel back in time to an era when Saturday mornings were the final frontier.
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Research news from leading universities... STANFORD (US) — A new implant can propel itself though the bloodstream without batteries or wires and is small enough to fit through blood vessels.
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Podcasts are undergoing a minor renaissance lately--every comedian has one, and every news publication has at least one--and, luckily for us, the explosion in quantity has also meant a ton of really amazing, high-quality stuff. In the last few years, writers, scientists, journalists, and all kinds of other interesting folks have taken to the microphone in new record numbers. But some are, of course, better than others. Here are the best of the best.
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By 1947, Isaac Asimov was already an established scifi author, but he had to leave scifi temporarily to get his biochemistry PhD. |
