New Release: Kepler-186f – Rachel Ford
QSFer Rachel Ford has a new FF sci-fi romance book out: Kepler-186f. And there’s a giveaway! The Genesis mission promised a new start on Kepler-186f. A new start for Captain … Read more
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Scientists Grow Mini Brains With Eyes – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Scientists recently grew mini brains with their own sets of “eyes,” according to a new study. Organoids are miniature versions of organs that scientists can grow in the lab from … Read more
SPACE: Are Buried Martian “Lakes” Just Frozen Clay?
Bright reflections that radar detected beneath the south pole of Mars may not be underground lakes as previously thought but deposits of clay instead, a new study finds. For decades, … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Ternary – Kristin L. Stamper
Kristin L. Stamper has a new MMF sci fi book out: Ternary. And there’s a giveaway! Elora isn’t a robot, but she isn’t human either. She’s an abominable combination of … Read more
recreating the Smells of 16th Century Europe
History is written, read, told — but rarely ever is it smelled. Historians and scientists across Europe have now gotten together with perfumers and museums for a unique project: to … Read more
SCIENCE: Scientists Create the First-Ever Permanently Magnetic Liquid
For the first time, scientists have created a permanently magnetic liquid. These liquid droplets can morph into various shapes and be externally manipulated to move around, according to a new … Read more
There Are Blueberries on Mars. Sort Of. – Live Science
It was just a few months after NASA’s Opportunity rover touched down on Mars in 2004 that it spotted a geological curiosity: tiny, iron-rich spheres scattered across the rock surface near the … Read more
SPACE: Scientists Propose Tunnelbot to Explore Europa
A group of scientists wants to send a nuclear-powered “tunnelbot” to Europa to blaze a path through the Jovian moon’s thick shell of ice and search for life. Europa, the … Read more
SPACE: Why Haven’t We Found Aliens Yet? Scientists Have Some Theories
One night about 60 years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi looked up into the sky and asked, “Where is everybody?” He was talking about aliens. Today, scientists know that there are … Read more
SCIENCE: Scientists Blast a Fake Asteroid Into A Fake Earth (And It’s Really Cool)
Scientists at Brown University wanted to find out. So, they did what any one of us would do and built an indoor asteroid cannon — with a lot of help … Read more