Weaponized weather, both real and fictional
Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG told us about the lost Nazi weather station in present-day Canada. Today, he fills us in on some real-life stories of weaponized climatology. https://gizmodo.com/the-annals-of-weather-warfare-5695028 A forthcoming game called Elements of War takes weaponized weather-control as its central theme, “where armies manipulate the forces of nature to rain down destruction on their…
Klingon Christmas Carol sees Scrooge pick up his Bat’leth and head for the final frontier
News reaches me from Chicago that a Klingon Christmas Carol is being performed. Indeed, the show’s so well-received that The Wall Street Journal sent a journalist to cover it, who returned with a great article and fascinating video. Click to view Apparently, the fact the show is performed entirely in Klingon does not put off…
NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet to Fire Spacecraft Into Orbit
NASA has been working on creating a new, cheaper method to launch spacecrafts. Their latest proposal involves train tracks, a rail gun and a scramjet. Here’s what they’re trying to do: In April, President Obama urged NASA to come up with, among other things, a less expensive method than conventional rocketry for launching spacecraft. By…
13 killer films that take place in just one room
Looking for some thrillers that take place entirely in a single enclosed space? Agent Orange from Quiet Earth has counted down 13 of the most nail-biting flicks confined to four walls. The trend towards well scripted, high concept thrillers that take place in just one location is truly peaking, and in anticipation of the claustrophobic…