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Three Unbelievable Facts From Neil Shubin’s The Universe Within


Three Unbelievable Facts From Neil Shubin’s The Universe Within

They say that truth is stranger than fiction, and Neil Shubin’s new book The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets and People proves it. Shubin guides the reader in an extraordinary journey into the body and beyond, uncovering scientific points in common between the cosmos and life on Earth.
I asked Shubin if [...]

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T.C. McCarthy: ‘They Also Said We’d Have Jet Packs By Now’


chimeraDear Suvudu readers, please enjoy the following guest essay by scientist and science fiction author T.C. McCarthy.

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SF & Fantasy

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton


crichton-jurassicparkSome books are written ahead of their time.

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton is scarily one that might come true—one day all too soon. There is a new edition of it out this week! Time for a re-read! Here’s why!

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Planet of the Apes Sequel Happening Now! In Israel! Kind of! Not Really! We’re Doomed!


Planet of the Apes Sequel Happening Now! In Israel! Kind of! Not Really! We’re Doomed!

In what could be the ominous, hairy shape of things to come for us soft, weak human-things, In an experiment that could shed light on the early origins of human culture, a bonobo named Kanzi has learned to use stone tools.
The clever creature had already been taught to make the tools by a group of [...]

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Things You Don’t See Everyday: NASA Morpheus Rocket Crash and Burn


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NASA has had an amazing week: putting a rover on the surface of Mars with what might as well be pinpoint precision is nothing to laugh about. However, science doesn’t always work out right the first time. As a matter of fact, mistakes are the way we improve all of the things that we do, including rocket science.

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Time for Some Hot-Blooded Dinosaur Action!


triceratops_iln_1920_forestier_1930Get ready to have one of the most basic assumptions you may have held about dinosaurs to be overturned: turns out they might have been warm-blooded.

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Star Wars

Jedi Science: Those Who Trust Their Feelings Are Better at Predicting Future


ObiWanMindTrickEvery Star Wars fan knows that feelings are a big part of using the Force. Early in his training, Obi Wan Kenobi told Luke Skywalker to “stretch out with his feelings” to connect with the force. Even Emperor Palpatine commanded Darth Vader to “Search his feelings” about Luke Skywalker. Well, the Jedi may be on to something.

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SETI Astronomer Seth Shostak on Prometheus and the Likelihood of Alien Contact


Prometheus opens today, and to celebrate it, I spoke with Dr. Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the famous SETI Institute about the likelihood of alien contact, and whether it’s a good idea to try to reach out to the universe at all.

Listen in on our conversation here!

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Cosmic Downer: ‘Prometheus’ Scribe Says We’ll Never Reach the Stars


Cosmic Downer: ‘Prometheus’ Scribe Says We’ll Never Reach the Stars

Even at its scariest, science fiction can still offer some promise for the future: Sure, we may go to war against tentacled space monsters at the far end of the galaxy, but hey, that means we’ll at least get to see the far end of the galaxy (and maybe those tentacled space monsters aren’t so [...]

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‘Brain Trust’: Improve Your Life, Gain the Advantage and Have More Fun…With SCIENCE!


‘Brain Trust’: Improve Your Life, Gain the Advantage and Have More Fun…With SCIENCE!

I love trivia, but it seems like the only kind of information that really sticks with me is the kind that has little to no practical use in the modern workplace: Need to know the hit dice of a bugbear (3d8+3, if you’re wondering.), the care and feeding of Emperor Scorpions (One to a tank, [...]

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