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First Avatar Trailer: It’s Big, Blue And Explodes A Lot
1:03AM Mark Wilson | Here’s the very first trailer of James Cameron’s much-hyped 3D film Avatar. And as you can see, it’s a highly aggressive blend of live action and CGI, science fiction and fantasy. More »
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Yes! Star Trek Is Cool Because A Pie Graph Says So!
10:00AM Mark Wilson | Sci Fi Wire makes a convincing argument, in both authoritarian pie chart form and debatable exposition, as to why Star Trek is cool (again). But what’s missing from the chart? Two words: Lens flare. More »
Science
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Antimatter
5:40AM Mark Wilson | Discovery Channel compiled a mind-frakking list of 10 things you didn’t know about antimatter—the stuff that, when mixed with matter, powers the warp engines of Star Trek. And this excerpt made my brain dizzy: More »
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Blast Electric Sheep With Deckard’s Gun, Now Just $US150,000
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Was Deckard really a replicant? Who cares, his blaster’s for sale. More »
Science
What if the Earth is a Giant Alien Hard Drive?
2:30PM Brian Lam | “What if we could manipulate the earth’s own magnetic field and thus program data into the natural energy curtains of the planet?” More »
Design
Buildings That Could Be Mistaken For Famous Spaceships
11:20AM Sean Fallon | What happens when architects are also major sci-fi nerds? The massive gallery complied by io9 might give you an idea. It features buildings that resemble the Death Star, Enterprise and the Borg Cube. [io9] More »
Science
2:45PM Nick Broughall | Sydneysiders bitter about the fact that the Game On gaming expo seemed to bunny hop right over the nation’s largest city can feel some relief today with the opening of the “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” exhibition at the Powerhouse museum. The exhibit brings together props and costumes from all six of the Star Wars films, and combines them with interviews from key people involved in the production of the films. But then it combines all of that with an intelligent look at the science in the sci-fi, by showcasing just where we are today in creating some of the technologies of a Galaxy far, far away. More »
Star Wars Universe Invades Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum
2:45PM Nick Broughall | Sydneysiders bitter about the fact that the Game On gaming expo seemed to bunny hop right over the nation’s largest city can feel some relief today with the opening of the “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” exhibition at the Powerhouse museum. The exhibit brings together props and costumes from all six of the Star Wars films, and combines them with interviews from key people involved in the production of the films. But then it combines all of that with an intelligent look at the science in the sci-fi, by showcasing just where we are today in creating some of the technologies of a Galaxy far, far away. More »
Science
Physicists Devise Warp Drive Plans for Travelling Faster Than Light
3:10AM Adam Frucci | Warp drives, those vague constants of science fiction movies, might actually become real, allowing for travel faster than the speed of light. According to two physicists from Baylor, they’ve come up with a concept for a warp drive that would shrink space, allowing for a craft to jump ahead vast distances without breaking any laws of physics. More »
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Images of Terminator Caught In Hi-Res Trailer
1:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | So you’ve seen John Connor and you’ve met Marcus Wright, but where are the stills of the robots? Lucky for us, one intrepid Gizmodo reader searched through the Hi-res trailer to find us a good picture of what humanity’s up against. Check out the colour corrected version! Is that bot wearing… cargo pants? [Terminator: Salvation at Giz] – Thanks Dimitris Karakatsanis! More »
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