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The Science of Science Fiction – Mark Brake

by Myrna Posted on January 1, 2020

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The Science of Science Fiction

The Influence of Film and Fiction on the Science and Culture of Our Times

Mark Brake

Genre: Essays

Price: $1.99

Publish Date: October 2, 2018

Publisher: Skyhorse

Seller: SIMON AND SCHUSTER DIGITAL SALES INC


We are the first generation to live in a science fiction world. Media headlines declare this the age of automation. The TV talks about the coming revolution of the robot, tweets tell tales of jets that will ferry travelers to the edge of space, and social media reports that the first human to live for a thousand years has already been born. The science we do, the movies we watch, and the culture we consume is the stuff of fiction that became fact, the future imagined in our past—the future we now inhabit. The Science of Science Fiction is the story of how science fiction shaped our world. No longer a subculture, science fiction has moved into the mainstream with the advent of the information age it helped realize. Explore how science fiction has driven science, with topics that include: • Guardians of the Galaxy : Is Space Full of Extraterrestrials? • Jacking In: Will the Future Be Like Ready Player One ? • Mad Max : Is Society Running down into Chaos? • The Internet: Will Humans Tire of Mere Reality? • Blade Runner 2049 : When Will We Engineer Human Lookalikes? • And many more! This book will open your eyes to the way science fiction helped us dream of things to come, forced us to explore the nature and limits of our own reality, and aided us in building the future we now inhabit.

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Police Are Evicting Standing Rock Protesters. Watch the Heartbreaking Live Footage.

by JeseniaYnh Posted on February 23, 2017

Mother Jones

At around 3 p.m. today, North Dakota State Police, with the help of the National Guard and Wisconsin state police, began evicting protesters from the main #NoDAPL protest camp near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. After weeks of blizzards, flood warnings, exhaustion, and uncertainty caused by president Trump’s executive order reversing the Army Corp of Engineer’s previous decision to halt the pipeline project, many activists have left the camps. As of today, only about 100 activists remain.

While an ABC news crew is embedded with the police, the main source of information about events on the ground is independent media and protesters themselves, who have been intermittently livestreaming the day’s events, which have included arrests, fires, and meetings with representatives of North Dakota governor Doug Burgum. Below are eight live feeds showing the action as it unfolds on the ground.

Johnny Dangers:

Unicorn Riot:

Waniya Locke:

Indigenous Rising Media:

Ernesto Burbank:

Digital Smoke Signals:

Buzzfeed:

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