While I haven’t read any of his work in years, Clarke’s novels had a major impact on my teenage imagination, from Childhood’s End to Rendezvous with Rama, he made the universe wonderful even if, at times, it might be challenging or even frightening to our fragile human minds and egos. Ars Technica has a fitting …
An exciting development in the fight against HIV/AIDS: Stephen Barr, a molecular virologist in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, says his team has identified a gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection in a cell culture by preventing the assembly of the virus. “When we put this gene in cells, it prevents …
SciFi Scanner is AMC’s science fiction blog (yes, that AMC) and Mr. Clayton Neuman was kind enough to link to my recent post about the movie version of Stardust in the Daily Scan for February 19. SciFi Scanner’s my new best friend and I’m adding them to my blogroll as I type this. (Link) Also, …
For fans of Torchwood (or fans of Doctor Who who gave up on the spin-off after the first several episode of the first series) – you should head over to Torchwood Babiez and check out the really great webcomic that they are creating. Scroll to the bottom of the webpage to find the starting point. …
You receive an 86 on an internet quiz and feel vaguely ashamed that you didn’t get an A+ I received 86 credits on The Sci Fi Sounds QuizHow much of a Sci-Fi geek are you? Take the Sci-Fi Movie Quiz canon s5 is Technorati Tags: science fiction, quiz
Only 8 Days until the Doctor Who Christmas Special “Voyage of the Damned” airs in the UK. Hmm, wonder how a bloke in the US will be able to see it on Christmas day? 😉 Powered by ScribeFire.
Last week sucked. I’ll write more about it in the future, but it was tiresome, annoying and for most of the week I wasn’t getting home before 1 am, and Wednesday I wasn’t home until 3 am. So yesterday, I did nothing but read and watch movies with J. It was probably the first day …
J and I watched Orlando this past weekend – I had seen it years ago and she had never seen it and lately we’ve been on a bit of a Tilda Swinton kick. There was one moment, when Orlando is standing in front of the gates to a huge mansion and the rain starts pouring …
I mean, we all know where this is heading: Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth. Of course, that’s not really …
Came across a great link to an article on the young David Tennant from his grammar school magazine. The tone of it reminds me of my high school yearbook and the short bios we wrote for our senior year pictures, especially when he says: “David has no real ambitions, only to live and to ‘fulfill’ …