Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene Thinks You Might Be a Hologram - Wired News (blog)


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Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene Thinks You Might Be a Hologram
Wired News (blog)
By Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Author and theoretical physicist Brian Greene discusses science fiction, Star Trek and parallel universes in this edition of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. Characters on Star Trek suffer frequent misadventures on ...

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Avenging Reality: Building The Awesome Universe In Fact And Fiction - NPR (blog)

Avenging Reality: Building The Awesome Universe In Fact And Fiction
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Like all grand (science) fiction they forced themselves to live within a self-consistent universe of self-consistent rules. Why does that matter? Here is why, take away the superheroes and that's exactly how our universe works: self-consistently and ...

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Shooting For the Stars - Inland Empire Weekly


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Shooting For the Stars
Inland Empire Weekly
You've got a college degree in science-fiction . . . so what the hell can you do with it? Plenty, if the folks behind UCR's upcoming Science Fiction and Technology Symposium are to be believed. According to a university press release, the event, ...

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You Can't Handle Doctor Who's In-Your-Face Politics! - io9

You Can't Handle Doctor Who's In-Your-Face Politics!
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"The Nightmare of Eden," from Tom Baker's penultimate year as the Doctor, is about two spaceships colliding in hyperspace and getting spatially locked together. (The sort of actual science fiction premise the show was big on in the 1970s.) ...

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Engineer proposes $1 trillion USS Enterprise - Gizmag

Engineer proposes $1 trillion USS Enterprise
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Isn't this overly reliant on a fictional design at the expense of practicality? While you might be able to get the three engines to keep the ship straight, a breakdown would cause a continuous spiral. Put the big engine along the central axis and any ...

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Two Words: Ewok Piñata! - CSICON

Two Words: Ewok Piñata!
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This is a promotional video for Star Wars Weekends the annual Star Wars fan event held in Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World held in celebration, tribute, and loving parody of George Lucas' epic science fiction film franchise.

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High-speed wireless via...laser pointers? - GCN.com

High-speed wireless via...laser pointers?
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With a successful demonstration of practical and efficient laser beam communications, another staple of science fiction writers is now reality. That leads to the question, what's next? Personally, I'm hoping for hyperspace travel.

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