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Venus Of Utapau

The Whelk — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:26:26 -0800

A long time ago in an art gallery far far away: Star Wars as Classic Art via

Special-snowflake Bots: A List

taz — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:36:27 -0800

60+ One-Of-A-Kind Robots From Science Fiction. "You'd think a major advantage of robots is you can mass-produce them. They're just metal-and-circuit bodies. But science fiction is full of one-of-a-kind bots. Here are all the bots for whom they broke the mold."

science and futurism overlap

nickyskye — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:43:40 -0800

One Pill Makes You Autistic -- And One Pill Changes You Back. It might also lead to recreational autism, where people who want to take a break from having messy emotions about other people decide to unplug and enter a state where human relationships are no more important than inanimate objects. Other future oriented science and tech stories about innovations with the potential to impact culture and politics by the same author,Annalee Newitz, mentioned previously. Radio-Controlled, Implantable Sperm Valve is New Vasectomy The First Child to Have Three Genetic Parents A "Morning Before" Pill to Prevent HIV Infection And thrown in for fun, Scariest Special Effect Ever Created (NSFW)

Aren't all blogs science fiction?

anotherpanacea — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:09:05 -0800

io9 is a sci-fi blog that went live yesterday, edited by Annalee Newitz and friends. Newitz is an AlterNet Columnist and a founder of Bad Subjects, which is a major achievement considering she used to be afraid of blogs!