Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
It has been rightly affirmed that the World War Z book and the movie share two things in common, the name, and the fact they were made by carbon-based lifeforms (http://io9.com/heres-everything-the-world-war-z-movie-has-in-common-w-586150729); and that the author didn’t reject the movie (http://io9.com/against-all-odds-author-max-brooks-didnt-hate-the-wor-848787012/all ) as…
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Glasgow 18-21 April 2014, in what promises to be a great event. Puzzled? Eastercon (http://www.eastercon.org/index.php/Main_Page) is just another name for the British yearly science-fiction convention, and as the name says, it is held over the four days of the Easter…
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It was by mistake that I stumbled upon Apocalypse Z. I was actually searching for Max Brooks’ Word War Z – I heard about the movie, and wanted to read the book first. I am not sure why I got…
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There is no doubt that crowdsourcing is the buzzword these days, and its recent use in tracking down the mysteriously disappeared MH 370 plane is only one among many. Crowdsourcing is “the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content…
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If you have the impression that the world is about to be gobbled up raw in a frenzy of bleeding body parts by hordes of undead, I will reassure you straight way: this is not an impression. In case you’re…
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2015 NASA budget – as disclosed in these day by the White House – (http://www.space.com/24911-nasa-2015-budget-highlights.html) – amounts at $17.5 billion to NASA, about $200 million less than 2014 but still enough for one thing or two. Especially if some private…
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Writing a summary of the human civilisation that spans from the Australopitecus and its peers to the moment history truly starts is a task that would scare the bravest of the scholars, no matter how confident – or reckless –…
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