"A maverick Australian prospector is planning to scoop untold riches - gold, silver, copper - from the bottom of the ocean. Is it a cleaner way to mine or the beginning of an environmental disast
"With binoculars, examine the rugged face of the Moon. It is pocked with thousands of impact craters from interplanetary asteroids and comets. Ever wonder why Earth, a much bigger target, apparen
That SF/F book-list meme remixed in the best way possible, with assessments of the cultural impact and relevance of each novel - funny but spot on at the same time. Go read.
"The surviving portion of the Deep Impact space probe that watched as its other half smashed into a comet on July 4 is being sent on a mission to study another comet." NASA sets an example b
"I want to go to the US by ship. The Cure did that years ago because Robert Smith refused to fly, and then I get told that if you take the ship, that's as much carbon usage." A fleet of peda
"Teenagers take less account than adults of people's feelings and, often, even fail to think about their own, according to a UCL neuroscientist." Yeah? Well, whatEVER. An IgNobel prize candi
Say you wanted to remake Mad Max 2, but in a world of flooded plains and swamps instead of a desert - you'd be wanting a few of these bad-boys, for certain.
New armour design consists of liquid painted onto kevlar - stays flexible until struck hard, then solidifies into hard shielding when struck, before reverting to soft again after impact dissipated. Mo
A nice little specualtive short story from Schroeder, looking at the impact of ubiquitous internet platforms and fabricators on isolated communities. Well worth the ten minutes it'll take to read it.
Professor Robert Mendelsohn's study, "Dynamic Forecasts of the Sectoral Impacts of Climate Change," utilizes results from climate impact analyses to project how future climate scenarios will