Photographer and scientist Nathan Myhrvold has developed a camera that captures snowflakes at a microscopic level never seen before. Smithsonian Magazine reports: Myhrvold, who holds a PhD in theoretical mathematics and physics from Princeton University and served as the Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft for 14 years, leaned on his background as a scientist to create the camera. He also tapped…
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Darth Vader Actor From Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Dies at Age 85
Reuters reports: David Prowse, the English actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, has died aged 85, his management company said on Sunday… The champion weightlifter-turned-actor starred as the body, but not the voice, of one of cinema’s best-known villains. Director George Lucas opted to dub another voice onto Prowse’s portrayal of the towering, masked antagonist Darth…
What Will Happen After Python Creator Guido Van Rossum Joins Microsoft?
Programming columnist Mike Melanson assesses the news that Guido Van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, has come out of retirement to join Microsoft’s developer division:
The news brought a flurry of congratulations and feature requests, though a few of the suggested features indeed, already exist. Others still were met with informative responses that make the resulting threads worth a…
Today in science: Voyager 2 met Uranus
Voyager 2 swept closest to Uranus on this day 34 years ago. During its visit, the spacecraft sent data that revealed 2 new planetary rings, 10 new moons, radiation belts, and a very unusual magnetic field. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/voyager-2-meets-uranus-jan-24-1986…
‘Frankenstein’ Material Can Self-Heal, Reproduce
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Researchers have now created a form of concrete that not only comes from living creatures but — given the right inputs — can turn one brick into two, two into four, and four into eight. […] For this project, Wil Srubar, a materials scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and his colleagues wanted…
Netflix’s bizarre riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein oddly successful
Stranger Things’ David Harbour stars in Netflix’s Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein, which gives the first science fiction novel, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a run for its money Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332430-500-netflixs-bizarre-riff-on-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-oddly-successful/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
NYT Publishes Anti-Google Rant, Doesn’t Mention Author Is Facebook Board Member
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: The New York Times published an anti-Google screed by billionaire Peter Thiel last night but failed to mention a fun fact that readers might find relevant: Thiel sits on the board of Facebook, one of Google’s largest competitors. Thiel first blasted Google as “treasonous” last month, saying that the FBI and CIA should…
Altered Carbon Gets an RPG, Frankenstein Has an Heir, and More in Tabletop Gaming News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's regular column all about the fantastic world of board games and tabletop roleplaying games—focusing on sci-fi and fantasy, of course. This time around we’ve got some exciting announcements in the worlds of Altered Carbon and Magic: The Gathering, as well as a Kickstarter for a story…Read more… Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/altered-carbon-gets-an-rpg-frankenstein-has-an-heir-a-1833717831…
Mysterious Cherokee Inscriptions in Alabama Cave Decoded
Fun fact: I’m not named after a tree. Nor am I named after a popular large SUV. I, like a great many other folks, am named after a person far cooler than I will ever be. Sequoyah was a Cherokee silversmith who lived from 1770 to 1843 who accomplished something pretty unreasonably awesome. He created,… Continue reading Mysterious Cherokee Inscriptions in Alabama Cave Decoded
8 Movies Featuring Reanimation (That Aren’t About Zombies)
It’s aliiiiive! The Bible gave Jesus an encore after death, but Frankenstein is what really brought reanimation to the horror-movie forefront, and the genre’s been embracing it ever since. We’re not talking standard-issue zombies here—in honor of Pet Sematary, we’re counting up our favorite corpses who’ve bounced back… Read more… Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/8-movies-featuring-reanimation-that-arent-about-zombie-1833752947