There are plenty of uses for powerful lasers in space. But where should we put them?
A more realistic use for lasers is for deflecting incoming asteroids or as propulsion systems for spacecraft. In a new paper, ...
Lincoln to Trump, history to fiction: Story of America's presidency through its books
As the presidency fuels both inspiration and outrage, American literature reflects the chaotic brilliance behind the highest ...
These are the asteroids that scare scientists. Are we prepared for them?
Naturally, the bigger an asteroid is, the more damage it does. But there are many more small asteroids than large ones, and ...
NASA Proposes New Kind of Moon Shot: Literally Shooting the Moon
Multiple bullets containing a tiny spectrometer could be shot into the lunar soil by an astronaut or rover, allowing analysis ...
Could ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid hit Earth in 2029?
( NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth ...
UFO 50 Is an Ingeniously Retro Advent Calendar
This compilation from a fictional ’80s video game company is constantly clever. By comparison, Atari’s latest resurrection effort, Yars Rising, is frustratingly banal.
Artificial intelligence is going full circle — from fiction to science, and back again
Artificial intelligence's influence is reaching back into the realm where our notions about AI were born decades ago: science ...
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Denver Fall Events Guide: Hundreds of Things to Do
NASA’s First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids," with Joel Parker of the ... Weiden (Sicangu Lakota Nation), “Why Indigenous Crime Fiction Matters.” October 16: Professor of History Emerita ...
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Experts debate level of threat AI advances pose to humanity
Science fiction has long theorized about the ways ... We have nuclear war as a possibility. We have asteroids as a possibility. We have human world war as a possibility. We have all of these ...
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As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, experts debate level of threat to humanity
Science fiction has long theorized about the ways ... We have nuclear war as a possibility. We have asteroids as a possibility. We have human world war as a possibility. We have all of these ...