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Kickstart This: Spanish Women Of Wonder Anthology

Here’s a really cool-sounding anthology: Spanish Women of Wonder, which came together last year with ten short stories by Spanish women. Now, editors Cristina Jurado and Leticia Lara want to translate the project into English. Translated SF is getting bigger: more and more foreign (to the US) stories are being brought over and translated into…

So You Want To Join The Empire: Connecting All The Dots

We’ve talked a lot about gluing and piecing together armor throughout the course of this thread. Now, it’s time to start getting it assembled to wear. Some parts of the armor are just worn because they’re closed together: forearms, legs, and so forth. Other parts require some slightly different connective tissue: strapping. In my older…

The Controversy over Homo Naledi Is Actually A Good Thing

Homo naledi, the newly discovered species of early hominin announced last month, is drawing a lot of fire from paleoanthropologists. For one thing, there’s still debate over whether Homo naledi is actually a new species at all. Some anthropologists, like Jeffrey Schwarz, say the specimens look more like an early human ancestor from a whole…

Sunday Cinema: The Space Children (1958)

Here’s an old film to close out your weekend: Children of Space. In this 1958 film, aliens watch as humanity builds weapons of war and telepathically contact the children of the scientists to waylay their plans.

Here Are The Winners Of The 2015 British Fantasy Awards

The British Fantasy Awards were handed out earlier today at FantasyCon 2015, celebrating excellence in fantasy literature. The awards have been handed out since 1972 (first known as the The August Derleth Fantasy Awards, then the British Fantasy Award after 1976) by the British Fantasy Society. Here’s the official list of winners: Best anthology: Lightspeed:…

This Is the Battle Over Policing the Deep Web

Welcome to this week’s Reading List, our weekly collection of great science and technology articles from around the internet. This week, we’ll do a shift at an Amazon warehouse, delve into the Deep Web, and confront online bullying. The so-called Darknet is only a tiny fraction of what’s on the Deep Web, the part of…

Thousands of films have been made that haven’t been seen in years: they remain locked away in studio vaults. With the advent of streaming and on-demand services, they’re starting to figure out ways to release more and more of these films to the public.

Therapy Dogs Really Do Help Cancer Patients

Therapy dogs may actually make a difference in the health of the patients they visit by reducing anxiety and leading to more stable blood pressure. Dogs usually aren’t allowed in hospitals, but therapy dogs are there for a purpose. The idea is that the simple act of petting a friendly dog can reduce stress and…

You Can’t Possibly Exterminate This Timelord: Wally The Corgi As Each Doctor

Your moment of cute today: Wally the Welsh Corgi cosplays as each doctor from Doctor Who, and is adorable at it. [Mashable]

This Force Awakens-Style Trailer With Original Trilogy Footage Gives Us Chills

The trailer for The Force Awakens seems to have reignited some enthusiasm for the franchise, prompting Medley Weaver to recut the trailer with footage and dialogue from the Original Trilogy. It makes for the perfect trailer for George Lucas’s original films. The music really works here, and man, this compilation really works to showcase the…

Planting Trees Could Save Britain’s Stream Habitats

Protecting Britain’s river ecosystems could be as simple as planting more trees along riverbanks to provide cooling shade and, according to new research, an important energy boost for life in the stream. Plant and animal species around the world are struggling to keep up with rising temperatures, and the cool-water ecosystems in Britain’s rivers are…

A Map Of Middle Earth Annotated By J.R.R. Tolkien Has Been Discovered

This is a pretty incredible find: a map of Middle Earth featuring annotations from its creator, J.R.R. Tolkien was recently discovered in a copy of a book owned by illustrator Pauline Baynes, which sheds some light on some of the inspiration behind it. Baynes had been tasked with illustrations by publisher Allen & Unwin in…

Behold the Splendor of A Starburst Galaxy

New stars form all the time in most galaxies, but some galaxies spawn new stars at such an amazing rate that astronomers call them “starburst galaxies.” In M94, the action is happening in the ring of bright blue stars out in the galaxy’s spiral arms. A pressure wave radiating from the galaxy’s center is compressing…

The Live Action Ghost In The Shell Film Finds Its Writer 

The live-action Ghost in the Shell adaptation has found a new writer to overhaul the script. Jonathan herman (Straight Outta Compton) will re-write the script before it goes into production next year. The film, starring Scarlett Johansson, is slated to be released on March 31, 2017, and is an adaptation of the Japanese anime, which…

The F-16 Looks Positively Space-Aged in this Aerodynamics Test

Smoke and lasers take this model aircraft from looking good to gorgeous. The flow visualization was part of high speed research on the F-16 Scamp conducted at NASA’s Langeley Research Center in 1992. [NASA]

The Shining‘s Hotel Is Hoping To Build Its Own Horror Museum

Stephen King was famously inspired by the Stanley Hotel of Estes Park, Colorado, and now, the hotel is looking to add on to their heritage as a horror destination: by adding on a museum dedicated to horror. According to the LA Times, the hotel has issued plans to build a horror museum onto the premise,…

Maisie Williams’ Role On Doctor Who Was Way Better Than The Doctor’s Daughter

In the run-up to Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams guest-starring on Doctor Who, there were all sorts of rumors about which character she was playing. And a lot of people believed she was playing Jenny, the “Doctor’s Daughter” from the episode of that name. Instead, she’s playing something much more interesting. Spoilers ahead… In some…

Man In The High Castle Shows That One Piece Of Art Can Change The World 

Amazon released the pilot for Man in the High Castle for anyone to watch back in January, and now, they’ve released the second episode, Sunrise for the same treatment for this weekend only. Some spoilers below. https://gizmodo.com/man-in-the-high-castle-is-wildly-different-from-the-boo-1679953073 Based on the Philip K. Dick novel, Man in the High Castle depicts an alternate timeline in which…

Carve Up Some Science With a Physics Themed Jack-O’-Lantern  

Halloween is fast approaching, which means many Americans will partake in the annual mutilate-a-squash ritual this weekend. But let’s face it: toothy grins and pointy eyes are passé. If you really want your gourd to stand out this year, we recommend spicing things up with a healthy dose of physics. The wonderful nerds behind Symmetry…

Yesterday, word broke that Bryan Fuller was bringing the sci-fi anthology show Amazing Stories back to life. Now, you can watch the entire first season of the original 80s series over on NBC.