Sep 14 2010
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Military action has provided fodder for science fiction since the birth of the genre. But just what is military…
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Jun 2 2010
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Set in a climate-changed future, Ship Breaker is the first young adult novel from Windup Girl author Paolo…
Apr 15 2010
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Earlier today, President Obama spoke at the Kennedy Space Center, outlining the future of the US space program,…
Mar 17 2010
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Glen Cook's Shadowline (Night Shade) is a rich drama set against the backdrop of space, following three story lines…
Mar 4 2010
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Futuristic militaries are a staple in science fiction. With their powered armor and laser guns, military science…
Dec 11 2009
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Stargate Universe may seem to be a gritty show about solving the nigh-insoluble and surviving on the ragged edge of…
Nov 11 2009
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This week marks the twenty-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event which helped end the Cold War.…
May 19 2009
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Meet Ida, the 47 million year old fossil who may represent one of our earliest known ancestors. She's probably the…
May 11 2009
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Later today, Space Shuttle Atlantis will be lifting off from Florida for the last ever servicing mission to the Hubbl…
May 7 2009
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Stories of valiant spacefarers are making a comeback in science-fiction publishing, while space-war novels still…
May 6 2009
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As the world ends, who'll provide the soundtrack for the final moments? In all likelihood, apocalyptic British folk…
May 1 2009
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Today is the 12th Annual Space Day, an event that's jointly hosted by NASA and Lockheed Martin, held each year on…
Apr 29 2009
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Uranium was considered a useless material until very recently in human history, when it quite literally exploded…
Apr 17 2009
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39 years ago today, the world let loose a collective sigh of relief, as the Apollo 13 Odyssey Command Module…
Apr 16 2009
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Those were the words of Charlie Duke, the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 16, which launched 37 years ago today.
Apr 15 2009
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The RMS Titanic sank almost a century ago, but it's still sailing through the imaginations of science-fiction…
Apr 14 2009
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It might take two space shuttles to complete NASA's next mission: making final repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope,…
Apr 13 2009
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After 33 years, the Science Fiction magazine giant Starlog will cease publication, moving from a print format to an…
Apr 6 2009
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As the current Middle East conflict continues on, futuristic military systems might be further away because of a new…
Apr 1 2009
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