Science Fiction Futures Space

Quantum computing device hints at powerful future http://bbc.in/i7Q2Nr

Future gazing: The prospects for interstellar travel
http://bbc.in/fW1kic

How a Holographic Universe Emerged From Fight With Stephen Hawking – http://bit.ly/p8y8be

MT @AquilaRift Alistair Reynolds: From science to science fiction… http://bit.ly/qnrmWO

Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet http://bit.ly/qB5odx

Space elevator economics – can someone do the math please? http://t.co/NdwSFeL

30 supernovae per second in the observable Universe! http://t.co/pk778Ed

And while I'm on the topic: The Future of #AcademicPublishing at the How Power Corrupts symposium – http://t.co/zrvwDT6

DARPA wants a working manned starship for $500k – http://t.co/u0JxHRv

Culturomics 2.0: Forecasting Large-Scale Human Behavior Using Global News Media Tone in Time and Space – http://t.co/ZFCBngr

@GeorgeMonbiot on astroturfing http://t.co/yV4AKqA and free market think tanks – http://t.co/vzV1uW2

RT @jonWturney: The future of physics (1): So long, and thanks for all the quarks – http://t.co/BOP9cvPO (good piece, good comments)

RT @jonWturney: Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn't Near http://t.co/ZBv5o4Iu (via @TechReview)

The 'self-made' billionaire who wants to mine the moon – http://t.co/ne26oQER

After 34 Years in Space, the Voyager Spacecraft Fly On - and On and On – http://t.co/YEHBuyU6

Sci-Fi Fans: Alistair Reynolds' (@AquilaRift) sketch of the lighthugger, "Nostalgia for Infinity" http://t.co/iYOmuMOw #scifi

New Scientist TV: 3D moon flyover – pretty cool http://t.co/XdrPBkEf

Pretty amazing if it works: Mars Rover Curiosity mission animation – http://t.co/gXG5siqY more info here: http://t.co/o3lzMi67

One of my favourite XKCD cartoons features Mars Rovers too: http://t.co/uIRjDJRU

Ender's Game, Intention, and Morality – http://t.co/ewKepqJb #scifi

I'm not sure this headline is strictly accurate: "Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed" – cool nevertheless. http://t.co/IObYVNXz

Great stuff @AquilaRift – Trailer for Alistair Reynold's new book 'Blue Remembered Earth' http://t.co/XRZPuvJq #scifi

The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets – Supplementary Materials, Research and Reviews http://t.co/HgCCyxPk #hft

I'm beginning to think that Dr Who is written by people who don't like #scifi

Planetary Ecosynthesis on Mars: Restoration Ecology and Environmental Ethics (pdf) http://t.co/UxWaogYM

Pretty Cool: 100 Year Starship Study report – http://t.co/45RocBvM #scifi

Sub-orbital skydiving. Easy. http://t.co/Nlmz5JEO

Extremely Cool: CineStar 3 Axis Gimbal on Vimeo http://t.co/hmxz40O8 Thanks @ken_yeadon

Via @AquilaRift: Podcast: Alastair Reynolds, Lauren Beukes, Michael Moorcock and Jeff Noon talk about the state of #SF http://t.co/wncLkZbQ

Friday Perspective: Globular cluster NGC 6752 – http://t.co/lRK78k4R – more here: http://t.co/5DIDnBiK

Brave: Japan's Obayashi Corp. has announced plans to build a space elevator by 2050 – http://t.co/NI2qdvPD

Pretty good. Worf gets DENIED again and again on Star Trek TNG. #scifi – http://t.co/vfNiyzxQ

Alistair Reynolds (@aquilarift) reviews Silent Running http://t.co/oWL7HkiS – #scifi

Pretty darn cool: New Prometheus Trailer – http://t.co/mLobMxNg #scifi

Rocket entrepreneur Elon Musk believes he can get the cost of a round trip to Mars down to about 1/2 million dollars. http://t.co/20hp32Xs

RT @BellaPagan The BBC marks death of HP Lovecraft 75yrs ago … http://t.co/ciLlwH9M #scifi

Nifty Lego Galactica – http://t.co/NMLAkZfG #scifi

Rather enjoying unpublished hard #scifi novel by a physicist/quant about interplanetary trading and the race for ftl coms.

Curious if this sounds interesting to you @AquilaRift @bruces @cstross @PeterFHamilton1 @GreatDismal @spacegriz http://t.co/dqeVVqHA

The 1 millionth Photo taken from the International Space Station http://t.co/3Xh1rscj

Bloomberg and Reuters: The Future of News? http://t.co/kmJ7ElMv #tcm

@nealstephenson on Science Fiction, Building Towers 20 Kilometers High … and Insurance http://t.co/A6t8HC6S

The footage in this video is derived from image sequences from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions http://t.co/eMHrkhbs #space

"The company will… add trillions of dollars to the global GDP" Space Mining and Planetary Resources http://t.co/i4MawIBq #scifi #tcm

Lost #SciFi – does anyone else remember Otherworld (TV series)? http://t.co/BoQd023v

Galactica: Blood And Chrome Teaser Trailer for the Completed Pilot of Series that will probably never arrive http://t.co/bog9BPej #scifi

RT @LettersOfNote: Isaac Asimov writes to Carl Sagan: http://t.co/EUxfRVSH

RT @rszbt: YES! MT @MSagebiel: +10 @TeraEuro @edyong209 Best Wikipedia page ever: timeline of the (really) far future http://t.co/lVTFCmZw

Prometheus TED Viral Clip – http://t.co/zgpWyJ04

RT @sarcastic_f: The Future Version of Yourself Is More Sinister http://t.co/18PJbGdi {Future behavior is seen as more intentional than …

How Science Fiction Futures Changed Over Time – http://t.co/66uTCmQN #scifi

Neil Armstrong breaks silence to give accountants moon exclusive

http://t.co/VigTyNnC

5.45 am is an early start even for me. Heading to Tewkesbury for a @ws_experts event. #wsglos3 http://t.co/cLhT747w

Paul Krugman, Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov and the Theory of Interstellar Trade. Cool. #scifi http://t.co/ychamFQJ

Another Earth is certainly the best $200K #scifi movie I've seen, & prob the best indie flick for quite some years http://t.co/IOjo9usB

One of my heroes, Ray Bradbury, #scifi giant and author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies aged 91 http://t.co/i8SPwIOi

RT @raybradbury: Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Just discovered that John Christopher, who wrote 'The Tripods' – not his best work – died this year #scifi http://t.co/nWjmkBls

And actually, William Sleator, who wrote the brilliant "The Boy who Reversed Himself" died last year #scifi http://t.co/OEScEKa6

Rather pleased to see that Nicholas Fisk (born 1923) is still with us #scifi http://t.co/VKq6WMy6

Of course Monica Hughes (born 1925) died in 2003 #scifi http://t.co/SMmoCkaV

And thus ends my childhood #scifi nostalgia trip inspired by this slashdot thread: http://t.co/no2TFmOM

Via @Ritholtz – Spaceships Relative Sizes http://t.co/EidSFFcX

Imagine a future where the role of a journal editor is to curate a comment stream for each paper… http://t.co/rzHQpO3S

RT @blastr: Read hurt Roddenberry's reply to Asimov's critique of Trek science http://t.co/8BWXJEVR

This is pretty amazing – 7 minutes of terror: Mars Rover #Curiosity Touchdown – August 5th. http://t.co/8jlvR72I

Crumbs. The International Journal of Machine Consciousness has a Special Issue on Mind Uploading #scifi http://t.co/17N3Okwb

UK Student loans "not merely income contingent, but future-policy contingent" – no fixed repayment term or threshold http://t.co/OEl4PJby

@AquilaRift – Something else interesting – Interview with the 10th man to walk on the moon, Charlie Duke: http://t.co/0O7EZsCj thnx @MrVikas

Is Kickstarter selling dreams? http://t.co/0gnJ2hD3

Asteroid Mining: Eric Anderson on his plans for deep space mineral exploration http://t.co/1ZWeG4QL

Do your head in: “Qubits that never interact could exhibit past-future entanglement” http://t.co/dn8JKEV3

Movie Review: Ray Kurzweil's, The #Singularity is Near http://t.co/Rj54nKGT

More Quantum Weirdness: Backwards Causation, Future choices, Past consequences? http://t.co/t10qNBMQ

RT @MarsCuriosity: When I land on Mars, it'll be 5:31 UTC Aug. 6. See this handy chart for conversion to your time zone: http://t.co/7zJ …

Very exciting: Mars Rover Landing Coverage Live – right now @MarsCuriosity #curiosity http://t.co/GkcjYJ3i

Only 195k views of Nasa's live feed and yet #marscuriosity is better than the #olympics #london2012

so let me get this… #marscurisosity – this action is all delayed by around 14 mins?

#marscuriosity – amazing. unbelievable. congratulations @nasa

#betterthantheolympics @marscuriosity amazing achievement – great to see the excitement @NASA #marscuriosity