Black holes are not shaped as they appear.
The Chelyabinsk meteorite was hit by an asteroid before crashing to earth.
NASA considers shuttering the Spitzer telescope in order to save other telescopes.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
World: Good, Bad, & Ugly
New York Times editor Bill Keller spiked a NSA spying story in 2004.
Copenhagen holds it first approved Nazi march since WWII. Riot police protect them few from anti-fascist protesters.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council warns that condom use leads to tyranny.
Marco Rubio, lying liar that lies, is confused over science.
Russia will cut off US access to the ISS after 2020 over Ukraine sanctions.
Argentina is the global leader in transgender rights.
Copenhagen holds it first approved Nazi march since WWII. Riot police protect them few from anti-fascist protesters.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council warns that condom use leads to tyranny.
Marco Rubio, lying liar that lies, is confused over science.
Russia will cut off US access to the ISS after 2020 over Ukraine sanctions.
Argentina is the global leader in transgender rights.
Science 5/14/14
This week's Planetary Radio includes an interview with Daniel Lockney over NASA spinoffs.
New technique should discover exomoons.
Bobak Ferdowsi of JPL is interviewed on the Nerdist podcast.
StarTalk premieres two new podcast episodes this week, one being the first full length Cosmic Queries video episode with guest host Bill Nye.
The Acropolis caryatids are being restored and cleaned by laser.
The US military wants to build "moral" robots.
Venture capital firm names an algorithm to its board of directors.
New technique should discover exomoons.
Bobak Ferdowsi of JPL is interviewed on the Nerdist podcast.
StarTalk premieres two new podcast episodes this week, one being the first full length Cosmic Queries video episode with guest host Bill Nye.
The Acropolis caryatids are being restored and cleaned by laser.
The US military wants to build "moral" robots.
Venture capital firm names an algorithm to its board of directors.
Writers and writing 5/14/14
Link to a collection of Prisoner scripts, including unmade scripts and multiple drafts.
Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Sarah Monette/Katherine Addison in the latest Functional Nerds. They discuss her latest novel, The Goblin Emperor. Hail Hydra!
John DeNardo writes of women protagonists in science fiction for Kirkus Reviews. This is Part One.
John Joseph Adams is interviewed on weird westerns over at SFSignal. His anthology Dead Man's Hand just came out.
Sarah Monette on albinism for Special Needs in Strange Worlds.
AAR calls out Amazon on Hachette dispute.
Patrick Hester and John Anealio interview Sarah Monette/Katherine Addison in the latest Functional Nerds. They discuss her latest novel, The Goblin Emperor. Hail Hydra!
John DeNardo writes of women protagonists in science fiction for Kirkus Reviews. This is Part One.
John Joseph Adams is interviewed on weird westerns over at SFSignal. His anthology Dead Man's Hand just came out.
Sarah Monette on albinism for Special Needs in Strange Worlds.
AAR calls out Amazon on Hachette dispute.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
World view
The US missile defense system doesn't work, will probably never work, and Congress wants to throw more money at it.
Putin requires Russian bloggers to register with his government.
Idiot criminal steals Stradivarius. There's no easy way to sell high ticket art objects and get even a fraction of the value. Worse for the crook, he left a trail the police could easily follow.
Man removes sign dedicated to a child killed at Sandy Hook, calls child's mother to deny the girl ever existed as, he says, the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.
CEO and top execs at Sony take a 50% pay cut and forfeit bonuses after posting a loss for the fourth time in five years.
Putin requires Russian bloggers to register with his government.
Idiot criminal steals Stradivarius. There's no easy way to sell high ticket art objects and get even a fraction of the value. Worse for the crook, he left a trail the police could easily follow.
Man removes sign dedicated to a child killed at Sandy Hook, calls child's mother to deny the girl ever existed as, he says, the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.
CEO and top execs at Sony take a 50% pay cut and forfeit bonuses after posting a loss for the fourth time in five years.
John Oliver takes the piss out of the media trying to have a climate change debate.
Science 5/12/14
A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea.
This week's Star Talk has Neil deGrasse Tyson interviewing Miles O'Brien on science reporting.
A prosthetic limb designed to read muscle contractions and turn it into delicate motions has been approved for sale in the US.
Prehistoric impact 12,800 that set off a wave of extinctions is under attack.
This robot catching arm reacts in less than a 500th of a second.
Sketch Aquariums in Japan permit children to create artificial fish and interact with it virtually.
This week's Star Talk has Neil deGrasse Tyson interviewing Miles O'Brien on science reporting.
A prosthetic limb designed to read muscle contractions and turn it into delicate motions has been approved for sale in the US.
Prehistoric impact 12,800 that set off a wave of extinctions is under attack.
This robot catching arm reacts in less than a 500th of a second.
Sketch Aquariums in Japan permit children to create artificial fish and interact with it virtually.
Writers & Writing 5/12/14
The Locus Awards shortlist is up.
New short fiction by Bruce Sterling.
USAToday interviews Sheryl Nantus, Laura Kaye, and Mur Lafferty.
The winners of the 2013 Bram Stoker Award was announced. The last three episodes of Tales to Terrify covered the six nominations for short fiction, which included fiction by John Palisano, David Gerrold, Lisa Mannetti, Michael Bailey, Patrick Freivald, and Michael Reaves.
The latest podcasts at SFSignal are from the Pikes Peak Writer's Conference. Patrick Hester interviews Jim C. Hines and moderates a panel on diversity in genre with Carol Berg, Chuck Wendig, Amy Boggs, and Jim C. Hines.
Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe are joined by Lord Grimdark himself, Joe Abercrombie, for this week's Coode Street Podcast. Strahan also has a piece at io9 where he talks about the process of finding
and deciding on his selections for the year's best anthologies.
New short fiction by Bruce Sterling.
USAToday interviews Sheryl Nantus, Laura Kaye, and Mur Lafferty.
The winners of the 2013 Bram Stoker Award was announced. The last three episodes of Tales to Terrify covered the six nominations for short fiction, which included fiction by John Palisano, David Gerrold, Lisa Mannetti, Michael Bailey, Patrick Freivald, and Michael Reaves.
The latest podcasts at SFSignal are from the Pikes Peak Writer's Conference. Patrick Hester interviews Jim C. Hines and moderates a panel on diversity in genre with Carol Berg, Chuck Wendig, Amy Boggs, and Jim C. Hines.
Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe are joined by Lord Grimdark himself, Joe Abercrombie, for this week's Coode Street Podcast. Strahan also has a piece at io9 where he talks about the process of finding
and deciding on his selections for the year's best anthologies.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Science 5/9/14
Astronomers have identified a star that came from the nebula our sun sprang from.
The burial place of those that built the Qin Shihuang's terracotta army has been found, just forty-five kilometers from the emperor's tomb.
First stem cell trials for strokes show signs of benefits.
Harvard study proves insecticides are the cause of the abandonment of hives and death of honeybees.
Archaeologists discover a 5,600 year old tomb. Pre-dynastic, it is older than the pyramids by a thousand years.
Junk DNA is still extant.
The burial place of those that built the Qin Shihuang's terracotta army has been found, just forty-five kilometers from the emperor's tomb.
First stem cell trials for strokes show signs of benefits.
Harvard study proves insecticides are the cause of the abandonment of hives and death of honeybees.
Archaeologists discover a 5,600 year old tomb. Pre-dynastic, it is older than the pyramids by a thousand years.
Junk DNA is still extant.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Politics, micro & macro
California might ban government businesses from selling Confederate related merchandise.
Why Nigeria hasn't found the kidnapped students explained.
Michelle Bachmann opposes a National Women's History Museum, of course.
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay and others take a stand against the FCC for net neutrality.
Legal pot in the US is hurting the cartels.
Why Nigeria hasn't found the kidnapped students explained.
Michelle Bachmann opposes a National Women's History Museum, of course.
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay and others take a stand against the FCC for net neutrality.
Legal pot in the US is hurting the cartels.
Science links 5-8-14
Poll: 1 in 5 people would have sex with a robot. (When it seems like only your toys understand you...)
The first good computer model of the universe has been revealed as part of a project from scientists in the US, Germany, and England.
The oldest stars live in the galactic suburbs.
Ancient birds were already shrinking when the asteroid strike killed the dinosaurs. This is what saved them.
Scientists have created a life form whose genetic code is based on six letters instead of the usual four.
Neanderthals were not less intelligent than modern humans.
The first good computer model of the universe has been revealed as part of a project from scientists in the US, Germany, and England.
The oldest stars live in the galactic suburbs.
Ancient birds were already shrinking when the asteroid strike killed the dinosaurs. This is what saved them.
Scientists have created a life form whose genetic code is based on six letters instead of the usual four.
Neanderthals were not less intelligent than modern humans.
Dr Joe Hanson skips to the end and tells us how the universe ends. Spoilers, sweetie!
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Writers & Writing Links 5/6/14
Chuck Wendig's Blackbirds to become a series for Starz.
Tor's Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe interviews Neal Asher.
NYDailyNews interview J. Michael Straczynski on comics, television, and movies.
And Comic Book Resources interviews Straczynski on his new comics series Dream Police and asks about Sense8, the series he's writing for the Wachowskis and Netflix.
CBR also talks with Greg Pak on the upcoming Storm series. As for Ororo getting her own series, it's about damn time!
On Larry McMurtry and his latest last novel.
The British Library has a recording of Arthur Conan Doyle at a seance, holding forth on spiritualism.
Warren Ellis talks to Multiversity on Trees, his new creator owned series at Image.
Tor's Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe interviews Neal Asher.
NYDailyNews interview J. Michael Straczynski on comics, television, and movies.
And Comic Book Resources interviews Straczynski on his new comics series Dream Police and asks about Sense8, the series he's writing for the Wachowskis and Netflix.
CBR also talks with Greg Pak on the upcoming Storm series. As for Ororo getting her own series, it's about damn time!
On Larry McMurtry and his latest last novel.
The British Library has a recording of Arthur Conan Doyle at a seance, holding forth on spiritualism.
Warren Ellis talks to Multiversity on Trees, his new creator owned series at Image.
Science links of 5/6/14
Possible evidence of dark matter observed in the Bullet cluster merging.
Doctors are ready to lower body temperatures in trauma patients in an attempt to induce hibernation to give them a better chance during surgery.
The Planck telescope takes a magnetic field "fingerprint" of the galaxy.
While Stonehenge itself wasn't built until at least 3000 BC, Amesbury and the area around Stonehenge has been inhabited for more than 10,000 years.
Due to recent scrutiny, Japanese researchers will check 20,000 papers for irregularities.
Ten charts that show how the climate has already changed.
The rings of Saturn are weirder and prettier up close. What the colors of the rings tell us about their makeup.
In this week's Star Talk, Chuck Nice asks guest host Dr Amy Mainzer of JPL questions on asteroids and comets in a Cosmic Queries episode, and at Planetary Radio, besides the usual discussions and comments by Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye, and Dr Bruce Betts, host Mat Kaplan talks with Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson about Cosmos and getting back to work on astrophysics research.
Doctors are ready to lower body temperatures in trauma patients in an attempt to induce hibernation to give them a better chance during surgery.
The Planck telescope takes a magnetic field "fingerprint" of the galaxy.
While Stonehenge itself wasn't built until at least 3000 BC, Amesbury and the area around Stonehenge has been inhabited for more than 10,000 years.
Due to recent scrutiny, Japanese researchers will check 20,000 papers for irregularities.
Ten charts that show how the climate has already changed.
The rings of Saturn are weirder and prettier up close. What the colors of the rings tell us about their makeup.
In this week's Star Talk, Chuck Nice asks guest host Dr Amy Mainzer of JPL questions on asteroids and comets in a Cosmic Queries episode, and at Planetary Radio, besides the usual discussions and comments by Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye, and Dr Bruce Betts, host Mat Kaplan talks with Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson about Cosmos and getting back to work on astrophysics research.
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