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The Water On the Moon Probably Came From Earth →
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Michael Swanwick: "In a Generation, the World Will...
You probably missed it, but a paper in the March 28 issue of Science with the dry-as-dust title, “Amplifying Genetic Logic Gates,” marks a transformative moment in human history. Thanks to a synthetic snippet of DNA, it is now possible to use living genes as computers. This changes pretty much everything. In a generation, the world is going to be an unrecognizable place. [[MORE]]But first, the...
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Phinergy claims to have developed metal-air... →
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Force Congress to display logos of their corporate... →
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Derren Brown’s Guide to overcoming Awkward...
Life. It’s always waiting around the corner, ready to stick out a gnarly ankle to send you tumbling into the muddy puddles of social peril. Whether it’s coming a cropper with oversharing youths on public transport, failing to network at work parties or finding yourself face to face with an aggressive drunk on a Saturday night, you never quite know when you’ll be caught in an awkward or potentially...
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Is Writing Fiction an Inherently Religious...
by L.B. Gale J.R.R. Tolkien famously described writing as an act of “subcreation.”  If we believe that a god created us and our world, then when we create fiction we are engaging in what is ultimately a divine process: the creation of life. Through this, writing becomes a devotional art.  Just as churchgoers express reverence for Christ’s sacrifice by ritually reenacting the Last Supper, authors...
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“We are the people of the book. We love our books. We fill our houses with books....”
– Cory Doctorow
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