Wyso And The Other Creepy Kids on Gerard Street
Man's Best
Sparkers
Better Dig 2
In less than a week, Fox will air a six episode continuation of its unforgettable, highly successful X-Files franchise starring one of our most beloved science fiction couples, Mulder and Scully. Fox has chosen a miniseries format, with many of us hopefully asking: “Could this be the beginning of a new X-Files era?” David Duchovny, who portrays the character of […]
If Life is Found on Kepler 452-b, What Will God Say?
This past week news buzzed with NASA’s announcement of the detection of another Earth-like planet—Kepler 452-b, not to be confused with the Kepler 186-f. Announcement of the Kepler 452-b discovery was made on July 23, 2015 and the planet is being called Earth 2.0. NASA’s Kepler space telescope, launched March 7, 2009 with the mission to hunt for habitable planets, […]
Extremophiles: Creatures With Super Powers.
I’m often amazed by how much weirder the real world is than the stuff that comes pouring out of the brains of science fiction writers—although, there’s some pretty weird stuff floating around out there, like the questions: Why haven’t we Earthlings discovered that life exists or has existed other places? Where have all the ETs gone? Extremophiles—which are creatures […]
The Ghost Forests of Mars Update
After posting on my google+ sci-fi community about the forests on Mars, several interesting comments and opinions surfaced. I polled the community and asked: What do you think the ghost forests are? Two-hundred and thirty-two avid sci-fiers voted and provided the following results. Evidence of Life 11% Darker cascading sands 23% Frozen carbon dioxide 34% Spider-like channels […]
Freaky Fotos From Mars
Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, once wrote a letter to Corey S. Powell, editor-at-large of Discover magazine, requesting an investigation into the forests on Mars spotted by NASA’s orbiter, Surveyor. Forests on Mars would certainly be a mind blowing discovery for a legendary science fiction writer such as Clarke, well, for […]