Beware the Believers
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Science | 3 Comments »I know I haven't been around much... work has been *crazy* and my extra time has been hogged by compulsively following political news... but I wanted you to see this.
Better Sex Through Technology?
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Science | 1 Comment »Of all the different possible sorts of emerging transhumanism, the most juvenile-giggle-worthy is the private and undetectable improvement of sexual ability or gratification. For men, this is usually chemical (for example, thousands of extra inches and mountains of little blue ...
Science and Antiscience
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Science | No Comments »I've always wondered why there isn't some sort of dramatic reaction when science comes into conflict with antiscience. I imagine that this video will make most nerds sad. I mean, I'm sad. "If this animal was designed to eat meat from the ...
Future Worlds #4 - Architecture as Technology
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Science | No Comments »This image is part of a design document for the proposed Clean Technology Tower, to be sited in Chicago, Illinois. As the "Windy City", Chicago is the perfect location for this tower, a building whose very concept emphasizes the collection ...
Walking Hand in Hand Across the Bridge at Midnight
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Science | No Comments »LiveScience is reporting that Swedish researchers have developed a technique to successfully film electrons in movement, using laser light pulses which are so brief they're measured in 10^-18 second long attoseconds. I have to admit that the film is a bit ...
The Pretentious History of Everything
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Comic Books, Sci-Fi, Science | 3 Comments »Now, I try to keep my self-promotion to a minimum, but I think you'd all get a kick out of my fully historically accurate comic, The Pretentious History of Everything. It starts with the big bang, and will eventually cover ...
Crackpot Focus - Alex Chiu
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Science | 1 Comment »I realize that this article is somewhat ugly. The layout and color scheme can't be helped... by staying true to the source material in even the slightest way, it's impossible to present anything other than a felony-level misuse of web ...
Science Fiction Science In Real Life
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi, Science | No Comments »It's the sci-fi author's solution of last resort. Don't know how to write your characters out of a bind? Worried that there's no real scientific solution for a dilemma they face? Never fear... just throw in a few sciencey words. ...
Today the Navy, tomorrow the Tycho colony
Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi, Science | 1 Comment »The U.S. Navy released footage of a 10 megajoule Railgun test firing. It's totally amazing and deserves your quick viewing of it. For those of you who ever followed Cyberpunk, this has got to be exciting. In Cyberpunk 2020 ...
Future Worlds #2: The Tower that Will Never Be
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi, Science | 1 Comment »San Francisco is replacing its old Transbay Terminal, a complex whose best days are long past. The winning proposal, by the Italian architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli, is quite an ambitious one, including thirteen highrises and skyscrapers, in addition to ...