October 2011
31 posts
Jonathan Moreno - Our New Biopolitics →
Human cloning. Synthetic biology. Mood (and mind) altering drugs. Personalized medicine. Such topics are rarely at the top of the political agenda. Yet the changes they’re causing, often below the…
StarShipSofa No 208 Joe Haldeman | StarShipSofa →
Andrew Fisher - How the web is going physical →
In 2020 there will be nearly 10 times as many Internet connected devices as there are human beings on this planet. The majority of these will not have web browsers. When it comes to the “Internet of…
Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time |... →
Grace Immaculate by Gregory Benford | Tor.com →
The Art of the Wire with Prop Joe, Marlo, Poot,... →
THE ART OF THE WIRE: A DISCUSSION WITH CAST AND CREATORS. Check it out below as ROBERT CHEW enacts what PROPOSITION JOE would think of Barack Obama, and JAMIE HECTOR explains the back-story he…
Kazuo Ishiguro's "A Village After Dark" →
Ben Marcus reads Kazuo Ishiguro’s “A Village After Dark,” and discusses it with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. “A Village After Dark” was published in the May 21, 2001, issue of…
Deepak Chopra and physicist Leonard Mlodinow: ... →
Deepak Chopra and physicist Leonard Mlodinow join us to talk science and spirit. America was built on science. America was rooted in religion. For 200 years, both thrived. In the last…
Stuff You Missed in History Class →
Who is D.B. Cooper — In 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305. He received a ransom of $200,000 — and then jumped out in midair. Over the years, the…
'MetaMaus': The Story Behind Spiegelman's Classic →
When cartoonist Art Spiegelman published his epic Holocaust graphic novel, Maus, 25 years ago, a lot changed. He received a special Pulitzer Prize and became a contributor and cover artist for the…
The Future of Retail: The Destination is You |... →
Descent to Mars by Jon Krakauer | Byliner →
Salt - Part One →
Something insignificant is sometimes said to be worth “a pinch of salt.” On the other hand, people of impeccable integrity are often called, “the salt of the earth.” Salt is now among the most common…
“We showed Thor where he would be buried. We told him why his plot was special:...”
– My stillborn child’s life after death - Salon.com
Lightspeed Magazine: Bubbles by David Brin →
Bubbles
By David Brin; Read by Harlan Ellison
Approx. 37 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] “Most of the universe is the regions between galaxies, yet no stories are ever set in that vast emptiness. In “Bubbles”…
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