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Antarctic sub to test waters for Jupiter moon mission 2007-12-16 15:13:00 A robotic submarine named Endurance, is set to survey Antarctica's West Lake Bonney in October 2008. Test runs like these are designed to test proof of concept for a version of Endurance to explore the oceans thought to lie beneath the icy crust on Jupiter's moon Europa. Parts to be tested on the sub will be it's ability to operate up to 8 hours unattended which is a must because radio ...

Get Terminated!!!! 2007-12-14 02:03:00 To promote their only original sci-fi series, Fox has put up a nifty little site based on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - premiering on Sunday, January 13th at 9 p.m. The site allows you to upload an image that will then be turned into a Terminator robot and inserted in some of the show's action scenes.Very cool.... here is the site (hint, make your photo a head shot, no background, ...

In Sci-fi news..... 2007-12-14 01:16:00 Some interesting and disturbing news I came across while pursing the SciFi Scanner Blog Our favorite Bajoran is set to do a recurring role on BSG when it resumes in 08 or gasp 09, Nana Visitor or better known to DS9 fans as Major Kira Nerys will play a fellow cancer patient. Now unless you have been in a coma TRUE fans of Nana know where here digs have been lately. She has been doing ...

'Twilight zones' on scorched planets could support life 2007-12-13 23:05:00 Shaun sends this in from NewScientist How many times have we all read the stories about the tidal locked planet that is broiling hot on bright side and arctic cold on the dark side? But in between the hot and cold, the dark and the light exists a "twilight zone" area where the conditions are just right to maintain life. I know I have lost count of the times I have seen this plot device used. ...

The Dragonriders of Pern is going to the movies 2007-12-13 21:42:00 Slice of SciFi has some interesting Pern news: Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern novels have been optioned by Steve Hoban of the Oscar winning Canadian film production company Copperheart Entertainment. Mz. McCaffrey said “I decided that Pern had to be done right and I wouldn’t let it go to someone unless I was certain that they were committed to excellence,” says Anne McCaffrey. “ ... Movies

Humans Evolving Faster, Becoming More Different. 2007-12-13 10:15:00 Researchers discovered genetic evidence that human evolution is speeding up – and has not halted or proceeded at a constant rate, as had been thought – indicating that humans on different continents are becoming increasingly different. “We used a new genomic technology to show that humans are evolving rapidly, and that the pace of change has accelerated a lot in the last 40,000 years, ...

Mars rover finds signs of microbial life 2007-12-12 23:48:00 Shaun Saunders send in this article from the UK Telegraph: Nasa says its Mars rover Spirit has discovered "the best evidence yet" of a past habitable environment on the planet's surface. Spirit has been exploring a plateau called Home Plate, where it discovered silica-rich soil in May. Researchers are now trying to determine what produced the patch of nearly pure silica - the main ingredient ...

Mammoths were blasted from outer space 2007-12-12 23:19:00 Evidence has been found which shows mammoth and other great beasts from the last ice age were blasted with material that came from space. Tusks dating to some 35,000 years ago all show signs of having being peppered with meteorite fragments. The ancient remains come from Alaska and Siberian bison skull with the same pockmarks. The evidence suggests hat there was probably an impact which ...

Space tug offered for NASA’s orbital use 2007-12-12 00:36:00 In this artist's conception, the LEO Express is the white-and-gold craft that is docked to the international space station with a Russian Progress cargo craft hooked beneath it. Space Systems/Loral, a major manufacturer of large, commercial communications satellites, hopes to convince NASA to take a chance on its novel idea for delivering cargo to the international space station. The Palo Alto, ...

Happy 90th, Arthur C Clarke! 2007-12-10 16:05:00 Sixty-two years ago Arthur C. Clarke sent a letter to the editor titled - Peacetime Uses for V2 - which was published in the 1945 February issue of the Wireless World magazine suggesting the use of Geostationary Satellites for the instant global communications. Quoting, “I would like to close by mentioning a possibility of the more remote future--perhaps half a century ahead. An ``artificial ...

The Running Man Goes Reality 2007-12-09 23:11:00 From SciFi Scanner I read about one of the more unusual fallouts from the WGA strike. As a sci-fi fan, you might think that you, at least, will be spared from the monotony of reality shows. Well you might have thought that, but it seems that you very well might be wrong! Not knowing how much longer the strike might go on and a real need to fill programming slots, has led the sci-fi ...

Should there be a lifetime chievement Hugo award 2007-12-09 19:56:00 We have read recently of concerns about the plethora in recent world cons of Hugo awards. With some of these awards going to non science fiction categories. There has been strong arguments made to reduce the amount of awards and award categories. So it comes with a bit of a surprise that the editors over at Science Fiction Awards Watch are making a point for expanding the award ...

Zahn's Third Lynx doesn't pussyfoot around 2007-12-08 01:00:00 Timothy Zahn's The Third Lynx published by Tim Doherty Associates Another rollicking space detective story by Timothy Zahn. Here, private eye Frank Compton and sidekick Bayta make their way through the crowded universe recently visited in Zahn's Night Train to Rigel. Once again... all abooooaard! The Quadrail Express is on the move, and in first class compartmented splendor, Zahn's sleuth ...

Exercise pill hope for depression 2007-12-07 15:40:00 One of Beam Me Up's cadre, Dave, sent in a very interesting article from BBC World New online. He also added an interesting comment on the subject as well: Hi Paul, I found an article that may be interest for Beam Me Up. "The natural "high" produced by exercise could one day be available in a pill that targets a gene in our brains." It seems to me that something like this, contentment in a ...

Much of universe may be made up of 'Turkish Taffy' 2007-12-06 20:29:00 Alberta Physicists Report Major Breakthrough in Understanding New State of Matter: The Supersolid Helium, like all other matter, exists in one of several states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, plasma, depending on the circumstances and the element . Physicists at the University of Alberta however, have confirmed a fifth state of matter. It is only a matter of time before this state of matter ...