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I’ve had a hard time catching up with things this week, post grant proposal, and also having a visiting collaborator/house guest. I have piled up some really interesting links, however, and am passing them on now. I also feel like I’ve made some personal breakthroughs concerning science communication that I will blog about soon.
Really nice list of 15 inventions inspired by science fiction.
35 Amazing Science Fair Projects. I think most of them are even real. Scary more than amazing.
Sometimes cosmology in the news doesn’t sound so cool. Sometimes it stinks. Mysterious “dark flow” extends to edge of the Universe.
Sagan-Man! I love xkcd.
Bad sex in fiction. It’s enough that bad sex exists in real life, isn’t it?
It turns out that the Secret Diary of a Call Girl was based on the real life story of a scientist putting herself through school. A little sordid, but I approve. Scientists can be hot, too. Hot like Billie Piper.
Racist math. Yeah, I think it qualifies. I’m all for being innovative and interesting to motivate students, but still…
John Scalzi on the issue of bad science in Star Trek and science eduction more generally. Highly recommended reading, whether you agree with him or not. And JJ Abrams about Star Trek 2.
High-tech tattoos. Cool! Mood skin coming…
A story about a Stephen King appearance and his new book.
Here are two io9 links about superhero comic stuff. About unfilmable stories and bad retcons.
Pictures of the surface of the sun. Cool. No, wait…hot!
A library bitch censoring Alan Moore graphic novel. Librarians are great, doing an important job, but like cops, the bad ones need to destroyed.
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