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Data Bits: Rigellian / Shin Ultraman / Heart Health / Mars / Penguins / Ed Bishop

31 January, 2023 No Comments

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Rigellian: the science-fictional inhabitants of a bright blue star | Boing Boing

There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put on…

Boing Boing

Shin Ultraman Review: A trippy origin story on the ills of arms race

Shin Ultraman, like Shin Godzilla, brings a classic Japanese pop culture phenomenon to new audiences with resounding force. Read our review!

The Beat

Biomaterial could travel through the bloodstream to heal damaged hearts

After someone has suffered a heart attack, their body replaces the damaged heart muscle tissue with non-beating scar tissue, compromising the heart's function. A new injectable biomaterial, however, may help the heart heal better.

New Atlas

NASA’s Perseverance has dropped its final sample of Mars dirt

Now the mission to get Mars dirt to Earth has a backup plan.

The Verge

Little Penguins Bravely Crowd Surf Grumpy Sea Lions

Humboldt penguins bravely crowd surf grumpy sea lions in a clip from the David Attenborough-narrated series "Seven Worlds, One Planet".

Laughing Squid

Beyond Anderson Episode 1: Ed Bishop

Enjoyed this video? Subscribe to our channel now: http://bit.ly/GAsubscribeYTIn this new mini-series, exclusively available on the Gerry Anderson Youtube cha...

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Unable to burn digital books, Orange Unified School District bans the whole virtual library | Boing Boing

An e-book for teens was mislabeled and available to elementary school students, and so Orange County, California’s Orange Unified School District has shut down access to the entire virtual li…

Boing Boing

Space Sail Experiment Showcases Promising Technique for Quickly Disposing Space Junk

The Drag Augmentation Deorbiting System is a 38-square-foot sail that's designed to deorbit satellites at the end of their lives—and it appears to work.

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Data Bits: RIP Wednesday Addams I / Tech / Picard Season Three

30 January, 2023 No Comments

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Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams, has died at age 64 | Boing Boing

Lisa Loring, best known for her role as Wednesday Addams in the 1960s series The Addams Family, died on Saturday at age 64. The actress was six-years-old when she was cast as Wednesday in 1964, a r…

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Ultra-thin coating makes for self-cleaning solar panels

Solar panels can’t operate efficiently if they’re caked in dirt, but cleaning them regularly can become a time-consuming process. Engineers in Germany have now developed an ultra-thin coating that can make solar panels and other surfaces self-cleaning.

New Atlas

New Look | A Generations Final Adventure Begins In The New Trailer For Star Trek: Picard Season 3 - Future of the Force

The crew of the U.S.S Enterprise begins their journey toward the final frontier in the new trailer for Star Trek: Picard Season 3

Future of the Force

ChatGPT Is Making Universities Rethink Plagiarism

Students and professors can’t decide whether the AI chatbot is a research tool—or a cheating engine.

WIRED

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BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #159 — The Tom Brevoort Experience

30 January, 2023 No Comments

The Justice League team up books with the Justice Society were always a favorite of mine. Even when I was a youngling and didn’t really grasp alternate universes, I enjoyed the action-packed pages with all the strange and new superheroes. My first exposure to the Quality Comics’ heroes, The Freedom Fighters, came from the pages of the Justice League of America. Read about this epic team-up from JLA #159 from Tom Brevoort.

I was also able to pick up the new issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA at the 7-11 as well. This was the first half of the yearly team-up with the Justice Society of America of Earth-2, which was something I always looked for ward to (even though these stories often got crowded with far […]
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