I woke up yesterday to the news that NASA had officially declared Opportunity to be dead, which has made me sadder than I expected. I was working in the aerospace industry when Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars back in
Where Has All the Hard Science Fiction Gone?
So, I recently finished reading Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan, a hard science fiction novel from 1985. We talked about some of the things that were a little bit jarring a few weeks ago in the Old Science
In Defense of Fantasy: Multiple Sentient Species
Let’s look at Earth. We have exactly one sentient species: us. Humans. (Although, it can be argued that other advanced species – elephants, gorillas, dolphins, whales – are sentient, depending on what particular factors one’s looking at. But, for the
In Defense of Science Fiction: Time Travel
For the next two weeks, I’m going to look at typical aspects of science fiction that seem to have fallen out of favor for whatever reason. First up: time travel. Why has this fallen into disrepute? Well, according to modern
When Science Goes Stale
Last night, my husband and I watched Jurassic Park. To make you all feel as old as I do, Jurassic Park came out eighteen years ago, in 1993. I probably haven’t watched it in a decade, but I remember being
Friday Round-up
My thoughts and prayers are with Japan today. Here are some options for helping them. Space/Science Secret Space Shuttle Blasts Off for Second Mission Alien Microbe Claim Starts Fight Over Meteorite Solving the Mystery of the Most Violent Event in
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Science/Space Pictures of Discovery Approaching the ISS Henry Morgan’s Cannons Found in Panama (Yay, pirates!) Picture of Discovery docking with the ISS taken from Earth! Scifi/Fantasy 2010 Stoker Nominees Review of Elizabeth Bear’s Grail Review of The Best Science Fiction
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Space/Science The Extraordinary Face of the Moon Picture of Discovery on the Launch Pad Interactive James Webb Telescope (launches in 2014) Photos of Discovery Launch Sotheby’s to Auction 1961 Soviet Capsule Scifi/Fantasy Endurance wallpapers Locus Magazine Recommends Some of Tor’s
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Science/Space Symphony of Science Earliest Photos of Universe Yet Possible Previously Unknown Gas Giant in Our Solar System Scifi/Fantasy Literary Crushes Book Cover Smackdown How to Tell if You’re Going to Get the Girl Misc Books Books of Love Letters
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Space/Science Private Company to put Robot on Moon (For some reason, this sounds like a terrible idea to me. Sounds like a good way to leave trash everywhere and mess up scientific missions.) Last Rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery (video) Recycling
