That “life-carrying” Mars meteorite was debunked again
A new study of a 1980s Mars meteorite debunks the theory that it carried proof of ancient life on the Red Planet.
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How much of Martha Wells is in Murderbot?
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May the fourth Star Wars trilogy be with...
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Famed SF&F artist Greg Hildebrandt dead at 85
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How many of this century’s most iconic books...
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Camp Zero is a debut novel that brilliantly...
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This director doesn’t like having his movies mocked
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The Dune typeface must flow
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Looking back at Space Cadets
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Maybe interstellar travel is possible after all
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Jettison is a short sci-fi film that imagines...
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Listing the most expensive science fiction movie flops...
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How many books did you write during the...
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There was a Time Traveler’s Wife TV show?
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Hasbro promising personalized action figures
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Do we really need a Max Headroom reboot?
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Maybe we don’t know what alien life is
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In praise of Dune 2000
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This could be the greatest sci-fi TV show...
Space and Science
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These are the 6 worst-case scenarios for AI
Killer robots are a common trope in #scifi, but there are worse outcomes for AI gone wrong Here are 6 worst-case scenarios.
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Let’s convert orbiting space junk into rocket fuel
Never mind we can’t recycle half the junk we throw out here on Earth, but there’s a plan to convert orbiting space junk into rocket...
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Planetary offence is better than defense
Planetary defense is good, but would planetary offence be a better way to protect earth from giant asteroids that might collide with it?
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A real astronaut offers some advice to Shatner
Real astronaut Chris Hadfield offers some advice to William Shatner before the Star Trek actor heads into space.
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Can rogue planets support life?
Does a planet need to be orbiting a star to support life? Not necessarily, say some scientists, which will no doubt have some science fiction...
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A new startup aims to revive the woolly mammoth
In what sounds like a plot for a bad sci-fi novel, a new startup aims to revive the woolly mammoth in Canada’s Arctic.
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Is it time to take aliens more seriously?
There has been a lot of talk of how governments are still investigating UFOs. Is it time to take the possibility that they are truly...
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China has big plans for outer space
China has big plans for outer space that sound like science fiction tropes, including asteroid mining and building miles-wide ‘megastructures’ in orbit.
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Sun going supernova? Move Earth to Jupiter
A former NASA scientist’s has an an idea on how to save the planet Earth when the sun begins to run out of fuel, but...