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Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal mystery figure on Red Planet 2008-01-24 00:12:00 I thought someone was hoaxing me but Shaun came up with another post from Daily Mail online It seems that the Martian rover Spirit caught a rather unusual formation in one of the photos that it sent back to Earth. Initial inspections revealed nothing unusual, but closer examination by amateur astronomers has thrown up this intriguing picture. Yes, this one does the infamous Mars Face one way ...

Israel eyes thinking machines to fight "Doomsday" missile strikes 2008-01-22 15:47:00 From Wired via Boing Boing What word am I thinking of right now kiddies....I'll wait: Israeli military leaders have begun early planning for a new, robotic defense system, armed with enough artificial intelligence that it "could take over completely" from flesh-and-blood operators. Israeli military says "It will be designed for... autonomous operations and in the event of a "doomsday" strike, ...

Photofinder or I just spent 100 on WHAT?! 2008-01-22 15:26:00 See, there are some things that sound neat when you first hear about them and then when the geeky adrenalin wears off you left with either an empty atm card or if your extremely lucky you just get the feeling that you miss being boned by some fly by nighter. An example you say? Surely I respond. Feast your eyes upon the the Photofinder! Ohhhhh yes, stylish....reads memory cards ahhhhhhh ...

Space station may launch 5300mph paper airplane 2008-01-22 15:10:00 From Dvice sfonline: This is legit! Trust me! They are thinking of launching a paper airplane from the ISS in hopes that it can survive space and re-entry. Now, hold up, I hear the cat calls already. This thing is only in the planning stage and before anything happens, the model will have to go through wind tunnel testing. It seems the Japan Origami Airplane Association was tapped by ...

Mutant super-cockroaches from space 2008-01-22 00:17:00 From NewScientist: The reality of science fiction is alive and well my friends. I read in NewScientist that the Russians have been studying cockroaches that were hatched in space and brought back to Earth. Weird things doth now commence! According to the Russian studies: Baby cockroaches conceived aboard a satellite in September have apparently grown up to be faster and tougher than their ...

Pentagon researching "fear" bombs 2008-01-20 17:38:00 American military researchers are working to uncover and harness chemicals that would illicit fear. Pheromones are chemicals released by animals as signals for sex, for territorial marking etc. . But there's more to pheromones than attraction. Many animals have an alarm pheromone which is used to signal danger. Now, the US Army is trying to track down and harness people's smell of fear. ...

New Contact Lenses Go Bionic 2008-01-20 14:25:00 From LiveScience online click here for complete article If you've ever wanted to be the Bionic Woman or a Terminator, new research may at least let you see with their eyes. Scientists have taken the first step toward creating digital contact lenses that can zoom in on distant objects and display useful facts. For the first time, engineers have installed an electronic circuit on a regular ...

NASA Aries moon rocket may shake too much 2008-01-20 14:25:00 Shaun Saunders sends in this article from Yahoo News: NASA Engineers are concerned that the new rocket meant to send astronauts to the moon could shake violently during the first few minutes of flight, possibly destroying the entire vehicle. The shaking originates in the first stage of the Ares I rocket, which will lift the Orion crew capsule into orbit. The concern isn't the shaking on the ...

How you can tell your already living in the Future! 2008-01-18 19:14:00 Herb from Attic Images sent in this funny piece: How you can tell your already living in the future: 1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you. 5. Your reason for not staying in touch ...

Messenger send home new pics of Mercury! 2008-01-17 19:18:00 In preparation for its March 18, 2011 orbital insertion, NASA's Messenger space craft sent back pictures taken of the planet Mercury on its' first fly-by 1/14/08. Messenger will make 3 more close passes of the diminutive planet. The probe's first pass was less that 130 mile above the surface of Mercury and took many photographs of areas that have never been seen before. Mercury was last ...

2 new books from EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing 2008-01-16 20:54:00 Justyn from EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing sent us a note that next month they will have two new releases: JEMMA7729 by Phoebe Wray and Sword Masters by Selina Rosen. Here is some of the information on the books. JEMMA7729 by Phoebe Wray The civil unrest is over. Citizens live in domed megacities, the only safe and healthy places. Or so Jemma7729 has been told and believes. But ...

Scientists Created a Living Rat's Heart From Baby Rat Cells 2008-01-16 19:51:00 Have you noticed that medical science just took a turn into the twilight zone? Oh yes, Shaun Saunders sent in this story from ABC News online with the following statement - "Of mice and men..and rats! My ficiton has come to life! " here are some excerpts: Scienctitst took the heart of a dead rat and chemically treated it so that they were left with a clear, translucent shell of a heart. ...

AntipodeanSF Issue 116 i s now available 2008-01-16 15:37:00 Issue 116 of AntipodeanSF is now available for your enjoyment on the web. We are, of course, to be found at our usual web address: <www.antisf.com> This month's selection of flash stories includes: "Fomalhaut 451" by Simon Petrie "In His Image" by Glenn Davies "A Paper Man" by Michael Schaper "Risk Assessment" by Ben Payne "ZAN" by Shaun A. Saunders "Ally's Torment" by Peter MacGregor " ...

Day of the Triffids audio drama available Free 2008-01-15 22:51:00 In the Free audio fiction department we have: John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids. I read this book back in the early 70s and it made an enormous impact on me. This is an older recording but done very very well. This is one of the greatest science fiction stories ever written---and it makes a darned good radio serial too recorded by a British team in the 60s. Click the article title to be ...

Summer time on Fox 2008-01-15 21:52:00 Gratuitous posting alert!!! yep, I have seen the first two episodes of The Sarah Connor Chronicles and I have to say that I am not overly impressed. Wait though, compared to what the Sci-Fi channel kept and threw away? No more SG-1 but ran Flash Gordon? Yeah if we want to compare the crack heads' over at Sci-Fi programming, well Sarah Connor Chronicles is award winning television! And so ...