Greg Benford writes about the evolution of science fiction through the space age, up to now, as part of the Reason space issue.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Science Advisors To The Stars
I’ve long complained about stupid scientific inaccuracies in films, but some people in Hollywood are making more of an attempt to get it right.
The Solution To California’s Fiscal Problems
The California Monterey fields have four times the reserves of Bakken:
Harold Hamm (billionaire owner of Continental oil) estimates the Bakken oil field will produce six times (24 billion barrels) the oil of the EIA estimate. Harold Hamm also believes that the San Joaquin Monterey California fields are the next big horizontal drilling play.
So much for “peak oil.” Of course, the problem is that we don’t yet seem to have reached peak stupidity in Sacramento (or among the California electorate).
Building A Home With A 3-D Printer
They’ll be able to do it on the moon, too. This is one of the technologies that will enable space settlement.
Markos Is Unhappy
And I’m feeling a lot of schadenfreude.
Related: did social media usage drive Republicans more than Democrats? That seems counterintuitive but it may be so.
Can The Ship Be Salvaged?
An interesting article at the BBC.
A 3-D Printer
That uses sun and sand. He should work on a version to test on the moon.
The Ship Disaster
Should not have been at all surprising.
Adult Stem Cells
…that seem to work in the brain. Faster, please.
A View Of The Capsized Ship
From above. Not clear whether this is aerial or satellite.