Category: Blinded by Science

Nichelle Nichols Flies to Near Space Today

Going to the edge of space this evening, Nichelle Nichols proves she has the right stuff at age 82.

Robot Passes Self-Awareness Test

He’s definitely cute. For a robot, he’s certainly smart. Is he self-aware? That depends on how you define it.

Transparent Aluminum is On Its Way!

It was first ideated in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Say hello to commercially available transparent aluminum.

Fairy Lights and Holodecks

Sony teams up with researchers at universities all over Japan to create tiny white light holograms you can touch.

New on SCIFI.radio: ‘Planetary Radio’

Join Mat Kaplan, Bruce Betts, Bill Nye and Emily Lakdawalla each week for intriguing space science.

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Earth contracts a case of cosmic amnesia, forgetting everything that happened yesterday except for weasels who do not understand us who derive their sustainance by a bunch of kids playing disco music on boom boxes , but scientists create a new weapon which turns them into weird rocks.
The End.but they die from catching the common cold.
The End.

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