Can Galactic Empires Exist Without Faster-Than-Light Travel?
My newest science fiction novel, Lockstep, was recently serialized in Analog magazine. Reactions have been pretty favourable — except that I’ve managed to offend a small but vocal group of readers. They’re outraged that I’ve written an SF story in which faster than light travel is impossible. I did write Lockstep because I understood that…
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Karl Schroeder - Centauri Dreams
New Sensor Could Make Night Vision Contact Lenses A Reality
It sounds like something from a spy thriller movie: putting on contact lenses that give you infrared vision without the need for a bulky contraption that covers your face. But now, thanks to research at the University of Michigan, such a contact lens is a real possibility. The Michigan researchers turned to the optical capabilities…
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Dexter Johnson — IEEE Spectrum