Classic Science Fiction: 'Day of the Triffids' is dated but haunting
Despite showing its age, John Wyndham’s Day of the Triffids continues to be a consuming post-apocalyptic tale. A hit since its 1951 publication, I first read John...
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Vital chemical elements found on Earth are alien origin
According to a study conducted by the petrologists of Rice University (USA), the Earth received most of its carbon, nitrogen and other vital volatile elements as a result of a...
Last breath of a dying star on photo
Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), astronomers took a snapshot of a shell of glowing ionized gas, the last breath of a dying...
The snapshot of the quasar allowed for a new estimate of the Hubble constant
In a new study, a group of astronomers proposes a new way to determine the rate of expansion of our Universe – measuring the Hubble constant – which is based on an...
New cataclysmic variable opened
Using a telescope system called the Mobile Astronomical System of Telescope-Robots (MASTER), an international team of astronomers discovered a new eclipsing cataclysmic...
This BBC video shows the science-tested way to make the ultimate cup of tea
Cherry Healey met with a scientist who taught her how to make a superior cup of tea. tl;dr: Don’t use a styrofoam mug (it absorbs flavor), do use a red mug (it tricks...
An annotated bibliography of anarchism in science fiction
Ben Beck has relaunched his 30+ year-old AnarchySF site, with new contributions from Eden Kupermintz and Yanai Sened; it’s billed as “an open-source repository of...
The jet of a supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* can point exactly to Earth
The inclusion of the ALMA array in a global network of radio telescopes located on different continents, allowed astronomers for the first time to look behind the curtain of a...
Speed of light example animations
The speed of light, which is about 300 thousand kilometers per second in a vacuum, is the maximum with which a material object can move through space. Undoubtedly, this is...
What grief can teach us about life
My grandfather died last night. I haven’t cried and I don’t think I will. But it’s certainly given me time to reflect. Grief doesn’t have a timeline Doesn’t fit a mould and...