The Science Of Science Fiction Gets Its Own Mythbusting Show [Physics Of The Impossible]
io9.com 13 hours ago — Will we ever get real-life teleportation devices? How invisible will an invisibility cloak make you? What are the rules for plausible time travel? A new television series will look at technologies found in science fiction and what could become fact. ...

Built on Facts : The Physics of the Death Star
scienceblogs.com 2/10/2009 — Standing on the edge of Niagra Falls you can watch the water pour over. Falling down the gravity of the earth, it exchanges its potential energy for kinetic energy by picking up speed. Some of that energy is extracted by turbines and lights the homes ...

Computer Program Self Discovers Laws of Physics
blog.wired.com 4/6/2009 — In just over a day, a powerful computer program accomplished a feat that took physicists centuries to complete: extrapolating the laws of motion from a pendulum's swings. Developed by Cornell researchers, the program deduced the natural ...

Science Fiction and Politics University Course (has new lectures)
sffaudio.com 9/7/2009 — Courtney Brown has added some new classes to his Science Fiction and Politics podcast. Brown is a professor of Political Science at Emory University who posts many of his lectures to his website (he’s actually been podcasting since 2006). For the first two lectures of the Spring ...

The Physics of Kirk’s Star Trek Car Jump
slashfilm.com 12/19/2008 — Remember the moment from the movie trailer for JJ Abrams ‘ Star Trek when young James T Kirk grabbed onto the ledge after jumping out of car as it plunged off the cliff? Well the geniuses over at Popular Science have figured out if ...

Science and Science Fiction: What the scientists say: SF to discuss science
sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com 1/14/2009 — This is part three of my overview of the responses of scientists to the questions Stephanie Svan and I asked about the relationship between science and science fiction. You can find links to all the contributors' complete answers and our summaries at ...

skeptic etiquette
twistedphysics.typepad.com 2/2/2009 — In the face of my very scientifically brilliant co-bloggers, this post might seem ridonkulously dumb, but this problem has been weighing heavy on my mind, and I'm trying to work it out.My neighbors and I once shared a community garden...

Philosophy of Science (Fiction) : Uncertain Principles
scienceblogs.com 7/26/2009 — Search Profile "Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. Physics, politics, pop culture, and occasional conversations with his dog. You've read the blog, now try the book: How to Teach ...

MultiReal Is Your Dot-Com Nightmare Writ Large [David Louis Edelman]
io9.com 2/27/2009 — David Louis Edelman 's future-business saga MultiReal was one of the books that blew us away the hardest in 2008. So we had to ask Edelman why his vision of capitalism is so scary. MultiReal , of course, is the second book in Edelman's Jump 225 ...

IncrediBots - Online Robot Physics Game!
incredibots.com 11/23/2008 — Welcome to IncrediBots! This game is currently in beta testing! If you find any bugs or have feature requests, please let us know !