Scientists make super-strong metallic spider silk LONDON (Reuters) – Spider silk isalready tougher and lighter than steel, and now scientists have made itthree times stronger by adding small amounts of metal. The technique may be useful for manufacturing super-tough textiles andhigh-tech medical materials, including artificial bones and tendons. “It could make very strong thread for…
I’ve spent too long today looking at typefaces while trying to design the new print editions of ComicMix books, so this is either funny or painful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBqI5NDUEeU A bold future, indeed. (Hat tip: Teresa.)
From the BBC: Cult author JG Ballard dies at 78 The author J.G. Ballard, famed for novels such as Crash and Empire of the Sun, has died aged 78 after a long illness. His agent Margaret Hanbury said the author had been ill "for several years" and had died on Sunday morning. Despite being referred…
The original CSI series has a habit of setting episodes in the worlds of various subcultures — they’ve had cases about furries, vampires and the BDSM scene. Surprisingly, it’s taken until the ninth season for them to get around to solving a crime at a science fiction convention. Tune in tonight to CBS at 9…
The Day The Earth Stood Still was unique for a science fiction film when the original was released in 1951. It played everything with a documentary feel and treated the science fiction concepts as real and nothing to be mocked. It was understated and earnest and earned its place in the list of great science…
First the New York Times makes a graphic novel bestseller list… now the Hugos are getting int the act. The nominees have been announced for the 2009 Hugo Awards, recognizing the best in science fiction and fantasy writing– and, for the first time, an award will be given out in the newly created Best Graphic…
Philip José Farmer’s website reports the author has passed. “Philip José Farmer passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning. “He will be missed greatly by his wife Bette, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends and countless fans around the world. “January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2008. R.I.P. “We love you Phil.” Best known for…
We head into the weekend with a celebration of the great Joe Kubert, a look at the under appreciated humor of Lord Buckley, how LOST celebrated their return to prime time and what new celebs are joining in the NY ComicCon celebration. PRESS THE BUTTON and you’ll Get The Point! And be sure to stay…
Battlestar Galactica‘s final ten episodes have begun and Baltar stops in to say farewell, Mike Gold tells us what to watch, DC has the best selling thing in the comic stores plus David & Maddie together again? Can it be true? PRESS THE BUTTON and you’ll Get The Point! And be sure to stay on…
Patrick Nielsen Hayden makes a comment on Tor.com that really deserves wider dissemination: "SF fans in general tend to be discursive sorts…" Which is another way of saying that SF readers tend to get invested in not just the story, but the argument. And once you care about the argument, you care about the people…
Sci Fi Channel’s SciFi.com has spun off its daily entertainment news section into a standalone site SciFiWire.com. The news blog will continue to focus on pop cultural news related to the Sci Fi and fantasy genres, covering movies, books, television shows, comics, in what appears to be a much more navigable site, although their RSS…
Babylon A.D. is actually two separate films, one with some noble themes worthy of exploration and one that is a derivative action film. Unfortunately, you have to suffer through the latter before the film oddly shifts gears and begins lightly exploring the former. The film is based on Maurice Georges Dantec’s [[[Babylon Babies], a science…
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