Aliens on Venus
Well, it’s not the planet we expected, but it might be the planet we get. Recent research has come out suggesting that our near neighbor Venus might be hiding a little more than we ever expected, i.e. alien life! Now …
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Red Sister – Book Review
TL:DR: 5 Stars. Read it. Love it. Buy the next one. Mark Lawrence is a genius. I’m pretty confident on that. I’ve read a lot of his stuff in the last year (I was pretty late to the Prince of …
The Invincible Mould
If you thought Superman was tough, wait till you hear about this mould! In this week’s When Science Fiction Becomes Reality, I’m looking at an amazing mould which has been collected from Sverdrup Pass, Canada. This mould has been trapped under …
The Way of Shadows – Book Review
TL;DR 5/5 stars, dark, action-packed, gut-wrenching The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets. For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city’s most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir. For Azoth, survival …
The Smallest Movie in the World
This week in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality I want to talk about a very exciting, but also fun, project which IBM recently completed. They have made a movie by moving single atoms around to create a stop-motion animation: “A Boy and …
Bacterial Lightbulbs
This week in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality I want to show you something very cool: light-bulbs made of bio-luminescent bacteria. What is it? Basically the idea is to have a light ‘bulb’ composed entirely of glowing bacteria. This system …
Three Parts Dead – Book Review
TL;DR – It’s good, five stars, go and read it. “Stunningly good. Stupefyingly good.” —Patrick Rothfuss A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him …
Grow Your Own Nose
This week in ‘When Science Fiction Becomes Reality‘ I’m looking at a field of research which is constantly developing and creating new miracles: bioengineering. Specifically, the bioengineering of replacement body parts. At the current point in time it’s tragic how …
The Broken Empire – Review
Wow… what a ride! It’s been a little while since I read a fantasy that I enjoyed this much. (Eagerly awaiting the final book in the Kingkiller Chronicles, AND the next book in Songs of Radiance). Fair warning, this story …
Echolocation
This week in When Science Fiction Becomes Reality I want to highlight a very cool piece of technology which is just starting to come into its own… echolocation. This incredible science uses echoes and sounds to measure the dimensions of a room …