Collaborate Disseminate
On Monday, Merriam-Webster announced its word of the year is “authentic — the term for something we’re thinking about, writing about, aspiring to, and judging more than ever.” The Associated Press reports: Authentic cuisine. Authentic voice. Authentic… Continue reading Merriam-Webster’s Word For 2023 Is ‘Authentic’
After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer be available to purchase as a magazine. “Cathy Hebert, the communications director for PopSci owner Recurrent Ventures, says the outlet needs to ‘evolve’ beyond its magazine product, which published its f… Continue reading After 151 Years, Popular Science Will No Longer Offer a Magazine
Windows 11 version 23H2 includes three features, Windows Hello, Presence Sensing, and Dynamic lock, that work together to make it easier to sign into Windows 11 and then automatically lock the PC when you’re done using it. But because each requires uni… Continue reading Windows Hello, Presence Sensing, and Dynamic Lock (23H2)
X+Living has made a real splash producing fantastical bookstores throughout China, including examples in Shenzhen and Chongqing. The firm has now revealed yet another in Huai’an that features an incredible interior design made up of complex cosmic form… Continue reading Cosmic bookstore conceived as a “portal through time and space”
We’re here to help you discern the best Kindle to read in the bathtub, on the plane, or at the natural wine bar. Continue reading How to Pick a Kindle (Yes, There Are Different Kinds)
The World Science Fiction Society “administers and presents the Hugo Awards, the oldest and most noteworthy award for science fiction,” according to Wikipedia. Its members vote on each year’s winners, and this year they received 1,847 nominating ballot… Continue reading 81st World Science Fiction Convention Announces 2023 Hugo Awards
Corinne Purtill reports via Phys.Org: Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic possession, and kill… Continue reading Scientist, After Decades of Study, Concludes: We Don’t Have Free Will
The [Math Sorcerer] loves books. His latest acquisition is the famous Real and Complex Analysis, which is a very stout math book. How stout? Well, there are several chapters on …read more Continue reading Math Book Gets Real with Complex
“The Worker as Futurist project assists rank-and-file Amazon workers to write short speculative fiction,” explains its web site. “In a world where massive corporations not only exploit people but monopolize the power of future-making, how can workers a… Continue reading Amazon Workers’ Sci-Fi Writing Is Imagining a World After Amazon
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again — two novellas based on Toho’s first two Godzilla movies — were finally published in an English translation this month.
Both were written by science fiction author Shigeru Kayama, “who also penned the ori… Continue reading Two ‘Godzilla’ Scifi Novellas Finally Get English Translations, Capturing 1950s Horror at Nuclear Weapons