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This Space Shuttle Test is Serious Science Wrapped in Pure Visual Extravagance
A mahogany wind tunnel for testing spacecraft aerodynamics is just too delightfully steampunk for real life. Or is it a real-life simulation of a 1980s-style overly-exuberant display of photographic...
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Here's The Winners Of The 2015 Chinese Nebula Awards!
On October 18th, the World Chinese Science Fiction Association held their 6th annual Xingyun Awards ceremony, the highest award for science fiction in China. Liu Cixin, who just earned the 2015 Hugo...
View ArticleWatson Will Break All The Bones In Your Body While Naming Them In The New...
There’s a new teaser out for the upcoming Victorian-era Sherlock special. In it, Watson will break all of the bones in your body while naming them, because he’s a doctor. What I’ve found interesting...
View ArticleThe Construction Of This Halo Gravity Hammer Knocks Our Socks Off
Man at Arms is a reality-style web series where the folks at Baltimore Knife and Sword build some of the weapons you see in games and movies. This week, they’ve constructed one of the massive Gravity...
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Sierra Leone Celebrates The End Of The Ebola Outbreak
After a year and a half since the first case was reported in the West African country, Sierra Leone has been declared Ebola free, 42 days after the last case was cleared. The announcement is one...
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Saturday's Best Deals: Cheap GoPros, Adidas Shoes, $5 Selfie Stick, and More
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on...
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Soon We Will Hunt Like Predator With This New Night-Vision Sensor
Graphene could make it possible to build ultra-thin, flexible thermal sensors for built-in night vision technology — just like that lethal alien in the Predator franchise.Modern night-vision equipment...
View ArticleImagination Is The Way To Escape Every Day Drudgery In Tokyo Cosmo
Escaping from everyday drudgery is hard, but in Takahiro Miyauchi’s short animated film, Tokyo Cosmo, imagination is key. I really like this short, and I particularly like his attention to detail, such...
View ArticleThere’s always been some level of tension between genre and literary fiction,...
There’s always been some level of tension between genre and literary fiction, but according to novelist David Mitchell, avoiding genre is a “bizarre act of self-mutilation”.
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New Evidence Is Challenging What We Know About the Deadliest Mass Extinction...
The extinction at the end of the Permian period 252 million years ago was one of the darkest chapters in the history of life. Up to 96% of all marine species and 70% of terrestrial life forms vanished...
View ArticleIn 2014, the King County Library system of Seattle distributed over 21...
In 2014, the King County Library system of Seattle distributed over 21 million items between 48 branches. As library systems grow, they’re increasingly turning to technology to manage the logistics of...
View ArticleCommander Shepard Passes The Torch In Mass Effect: Andromeda's N7 Day Video
It’s November 7—N7 Day for Mass Effect fans—and Bioware kicks off the celebration with a montage of archival space footage with Jennifer Hale talking over it. Hooray! To be fair it is nice to hear the...
View ArticleGavin Rothery's The Last Man Is A Haunting, Post Apocalyptic Short Film
In Gavin Rothery’s new short film, The Last Man, an anonymous soldier is awoken from hibernation, only to discover that the world he knew is gone. The film is a haunting, post-apocalyptic look at what...
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The Story Behind Bhen On The Cover Of The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction
This is a neat little story: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has produced some fantastic covers over the years, and since the 1970s, they’ve included a little green alien on some of the...
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World's Largest Fusion Reactor is About to Switch On
If “The Stellarator” sounds like an energy source of comic book legend to you, you’re not that far off. It’s the largest nuclear fusion reactor in the world, and it’s set to turn on later this...
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Teen Pregnancy Is Rising in West Africa as an After-Effect of the Ebola Crisis
According to a new study from the United Nations Development Programme (which we saw via Quartz), teen pregnancy rates in West Africa are surging. The increase in these rates, already some of the...
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Open Channel: What Story Has Had The Greatest Impact On Your Life?
Stories are powerful: they can change how people see the world, or change their lives forever. Looking back, what story has had the greatest impact on your life?I’ve got two: Star Wars, and Paolo...
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A PS4 Game's Quest To Create A Realistic Woman
Hellblade, Ninja Theory’s upcoming action game that explores mental illness, wants a protagonist that looks as believable as possible. This means two things, as far as the developers are concerned:...
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On Doctor Who, The Doctor Is Willing To Play Seriously Crazy Mind Games For...
This was another odd episode of Doctor Who, a show which seems to be trying to reinvent itself not through radical change but through stylistic drift. Last year, Doctor Who had some insane experiments,...
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Sunday's Best Deals: PS4 & Xbox One Bundles, Catan, Sleepwear, and More
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on...
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