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A Coffee Table Book that Traces the Earliest History of Science Fiction [Book Review]
Science fiction scholar Mike Ashley provides a textual accompaniment to the British Library’s exhibition Out of This World Science Fiction: but not as you know it with his large full-color coffee table book that traces various themes within science fic… Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Mike ashley, Republished, syndicated, Writing
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Puns, Puzzles, and Easter eggs in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale [Books]
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is justly admired as one of the great dystopian novels, but just how deep does it go? Daniel Abraham, author of The Dragon’s Path and many other novels, and co-author of Leviathan Wakes, explores the clues in Atwoo… Continue reading
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Tagged dystopias, Margaret Atwood, Republished, syndicated, Top, Writing
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Yet another contender for the most cringeworthy medical paper ever published [Medicine]
From the British Medical Journal, Aug 27, 1949, where Dr. B.B. Rapackl describes a case he encountered in Poland in 1936.
“The patient was admitted to hospital with acute cystitis. Cystoscopy confirmed this diagnosis, and to my great surprise reveale… Continue reading
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Tagged Candles, Holy crap wtf, medicine, Republished, Sex, Surgery, syndicated
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The Crazy Design of NASA’s New Mars Rover [Mars]
Nasa is getting ready to throw a Mini Cooper-sized mobile science lab up into space. Curiosity, as the rover is affectionately called, is headed toward Mars with a payload of lasers and mass spectrometers and multi-million dollar robotic drills-basical… Continue reading
Asparagus smell — wee progress [Asparagus Smell]
No question is too small for science, and there is a body of research devoted to determining the whos and hows of the asparagus smell of human urine. Here’s a snapshot of said research.
For Marcel Proust, one of the after-effects of eating asparagus, w… Continue reading
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Tagged asparagus, Asparagus Smell, biology, Republished, science, syndicated, Urine
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What is the evolutionary purpose of tickling? [Evolution]
You probably know that you can’t tickle yourself. And although you might be able to tickle a total stranger, your brain also strongly discourages you from doing something so socially awkward. These facts offer insight into tickling’s evolutionary purpo… Continue reading
Take the ultimate intelligence test [Brains]
You might think it’s obvious that one person is smarter than another. But there are few more controversial areas of science than the study of intelligence and, in reality, there’s not even agreement among researchers about what this word means.
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10 great science fiction novels that have been banned [Top 10]
In honor of Banned Books Week, Geekosystem’s Susana Polo looks at 10 great science fiction novels that have been banned, or at least threatened with removal from libraries and schools. Including some major classics of the genre!
These titles are among … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, A Clockwork Orange, A Wrinkle In Time, Aldous Huxley, Banned books week, Brave New World, censorship, Fahrenheit 451, Garth nix, George Orwell, his dark materials, Kurt Vonnegut, Lois Lowry, Madeline L'Engle, Philip Pullman, Publishing, ray bradbury, Republished, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a strange land, syndicated, The Giver, Top, Top 10, Writing
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Seeing the truth of the world via science fiction [Philosophy]
Science fiction takes us out of our own time and place, and confronts us with alien objects as well as incomprehensible future artifacts. By doing this, argues Daniel Rourke, SF brings us closer to seeing things as they really are.
Mid-way through H.G…. Continue reading
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Tagged Archeology, H.G. Wells, Overmind, Republished, Stanislaw Lem, syndicated, Writing
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Middle-Click Browser History Buttons to Go Back or Forward in New Tabs [Shortcuts]
Quick browser tip: Everybody knows middle-clicking links in modern browsers will open the link in a new tab. Reader Landon Roberts points out that the same middle-click works on your forward and back b… Continue reading
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Tagged Chrome, firefox, Middle-click, Republished, shortcuts, syndicated, Tabbed browsing, Web browsers
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Seven Myths About Grilling a Steak [Grilling]
Cooking instructor and author of Planet Barbecue Steven Raichlen knows a thing or two about grilling a steak, and today he’s debunking a few grilling myths that’ll help make your weekend barbecue that … Continue reading
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Tagged beat the heat, food, Grilling, Republished, Steaks, Summer, syndicated
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Scientists crack chemical code that controls bacterial swarms [Infection]
The visible concentric circles you see in this picture show a bacteria swarm as the colony starts and stops its progress. Now Spanish researchers have discovered a key component of infectious bacteria’s battle plan – and how to stop it.
They’ve identif… Continue reading
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Tagged Bacteria, biology, infection, Republished, science, syndicated, tweet
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