Six TED Talks for Creatives
TEDs are a great source of inspiration as a meeting ground for ideas. They’ve launched a number of careers for some really great thinkers and ...
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This Past Week’s Top Science News
Bat Dinosaur In this article, io9 talks about a new fossil with a bone similar to a bone in bat wings that was discovered by scientists in northern china. Tesla Battery Car makers, Tesla, have unveiled a new battery for consumers based on the ones they put in their electric cars. The battery stores solar energy and ...
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Upcoming Feature Documentary PLANETARY Based on this Short
The upcoming feature film PLANETARY will give a perspective on space, culture, and the environment from an astronaut’s point of view, looking down on Earth from above. Read more about the film in this article from space.com
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Vikings Season Three Finale
Spoilers ahead. All of them. The season three finale of History Channel’s Vikings premiered last Thursday with The Dead. In this final episode we found some closure to the Paris invasion, though much is still left hanging, and Ragnar Lothbrok died, but turned out to be fooling everyone, or at least everyone important besides his son.
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Environment in Science-Fiction: A look at The Windup Girl, Dune, and Interstellar
Environment has long been a popular topic in science-fiction. Setting is a huge part of SF, so it’s no surprise that the environment and different kinds of environment recurs as a topic. In the past year, I read Dune and The Windup Girl and, of course, Interstellar arrived on the big screen. In all three stories environment ...
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Saga, Volume IV
Volume four of the graphic novel series Saga came out in December of last year. I had been patiently waiting its arrival and crossing my fingers, hoping author Brian K. Vaughan would continue to deliver great story with illustrator Fiona Staples. They did just that. When I first began the Saga series last year, Volume One immediately ...
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True Detective Season Two Trailer
The trailer for True Detective season two has been released and it looks oh so broody and dramatic. The teaser doesn’t give much info, but it does give us a glimpse into the characters played by big name actors Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell, and Vince Vaughn. Looks like this season will bring the same dark ...
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Black Sails Season Two Finale
Season two of the acclaimed Starz series Black Sails came to a close on Saturday with the final episode wrapping up the ongoing storylines of the season and leaving open some new questions as well. During the second season Captain Flint lost command of the crew and his captaincy and fought to regain it. The season ...
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Recurring Characteristics in Dystopian Universes
Gray skied, desperate worlds have filled movie screens and literature more and more over the past few years. At this point when I think about these dystopian, bordering on apocalyptic, settings, I have a pretty distinct idea of what they look like. The details and aesthetics of these stories seem to repeat themselves. Here’s a glance ...
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The Imitation Game
I had looked forward to The Imitation Game for a while, hearing the good reviews and the Oscar whispers. Plus there’s nothing like a limited theatrical release that gives the mouse-dangling-in-front-of-cat effect, making us crave what we cannot have. Well, now we have it, as The Imitation Game has hit wide release. My two math-nerd friends ...
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New and Upcoming Sci-Fi TV
Sci-Fi is making a comeback to the small screen, after a bit of a lull. Movies have been blowing up with titles like Interstellar, Big Hero 6, Hunger Games, and the upcoming Jupiter Ascending over the past year, but we haven’t seen much in the way of television. Now, we’ve got some shows to look forward to again. ...
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