5 Scientists Share Their Baffled Reactions on the Science in ‘Prometheus’
Shaw and Holloway. Official still, 20th Century Fox. Warning: Spoilers. I wanted to like Prometheus more than I did. After all, it’s not every day you see a woman hard-core enough to give herself her own abortion/c-section. I liked parts of it quite a bit. But there...Fan Renders 13 Minutes of ‘Blade Runner’ in 3285 Paintings
Even after 30 years, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner still inspires fans like artist Anders Ramsell from Östersund, Sweden. Ramsell has paid tribute to the science fiction classic by reconstructing part of the film…using 3285 “aquarelle” (transparent watercolor)...
China’s First Manned Docking of Space Module Is a Success…and a First Step
Chinese astronauts Liu Wang, Liu Yang and Jing Haipeng (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) China, a country with over 4500 years of recorded history, gave the world, gunpowder, paper, compasses, movable type, and even the seismological detector. Now China...
6 ‘Game of Thrones’-Related Activities to Keep You Busy Until Season 3
Season 2 of the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones has just finished, and Season 3 will likely air in February 2013. Who knows when George R.R. Martin will finish the next installment of his A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter? This means there’s a...