Beam Me Up
Blog URL www.wrfrbeameup.blogspot.com
Tags science fiction, science, radio, movie, book, tv, award, reading
The Beam Me Up blog is the "sister" or support blog for the Beam Me Up podcast.
The theme there is as it is in this blog, discussion of science fiction and the science that I feel often influences great science fiction.
Latest Blog Posts
- Could Jupiter's Europa harbor fish-sized life? on Nov 27, 2009 in extraterrestrial life europa jupiter
According to the latest National Geographic, the Jovian moon Europa -hundreds of millions of miles from the sun- may host something fishy. Something alive—right now. Below its icy crust Jupiter's moon Europa is believed to host a global ocean up...
- We Are All Connected music video by Symphony of Science on Nov 24, 2009 in video symphony of science music science
Here is a neat site. It's called the Symphony of Science. It's a musical project by John Boswell designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. Here is one that really grabbed me. It is called "We Are All Connected&...
- Review: "The Fountain" DVD movie on Nov 23, 2009
The FountainHugh Jackman Rachel WeiszDirected by Darren AronofskyTalk about a total departure from the films I have been watching as of late! The Fountain is as far away as you can get from the high octane action science fiction movie as you can ge...
- AntipodeanSF issue #138 sneak peak! on Nov 23, 2009 in online antipodean flash fiction magazine science fiction
Nuke, Editor of the really entertaining Antipodean online flash fiction magazine has given us a heads up on the upcoming issue 138 and I can just look at this TOC and see this is going to be a great issue, how? well Suzanne Sykora? Shaun Saunders?
- Mainer wins NASA glove competition - Again! on Nov 20, 2009 in gloves Southwest Harbor Maine nasa
NASA has awarded Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, $250,000 for coming up with the winning design concept for more flexible space gloves intended to make it easier for astronauts to perform tasks. It's the second time Peter Homer has won th...
- Skhizein by Jérémy Clapin on Nov 19, 2009 in animation
Hey, you have got to check out this short film. It's called Skhizein by Jérémy Clapin. It is about a meteor strike and it's effect on one man. I love the animation. Thanks to SF Signals for the original post.Skhizein (Jérémy Clapin,2008) fro...
- Why Mile Wide Motherships Don't Make Sense! on Nov 16, 2009 in space craft bad science wtf science fiction
Finally! Someone agrees with me! I never thought these mega-ship from E-T to Independence Day made any sense what so ever! so I was reading on the Dvice blog and here was an article giving out some excellent static on these uber mother ships. Firs...
