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SF Signal » Today’s Kindle Daily Deal: Get “The Mongoliad” for 99 Cents!
Sun, 20 May 2012 14:21:12 +0000
Today’s Kindle Daily Deal at Amazon U.S. is Book 1 of The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, E.D. deBirmingham, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey and Cooper Moo. The first novel to be released in The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One, is an epic-within-an-epic, taking place in 13th [...] Related p...

SF Signal » WINNERS: 2011 Nebula Awards
Sun, 20 May 2012 05:29:07 +0000
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winners of the 2011 Nebula Awards: NOVEL: Among Others, by Jo Walton (Tor) NOVELLA: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011) NOVELLETTE: “What We Found,” Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Sc...

SF Signal » Sunday Cinema: Flatland (2007)
Sun, 20 May 2012 05:15:45 +0000
Here’s an animated 2007 production of Edwin Abott’s Flatland… [via Poe TV] Related posts: SF Tidbits for 1/26/07 Sunday Cinema: Steamboy (2004) Sunday Cinema: Ralph Bakshi’s Animated “Lord Of The Rings” (1978) Related posts: SF Tidbits for 1/26/07 Sunday Cinema: Steamboy (2004) Sunday Cinema: Ralph Bakshi’s...

The Planetary Society Weblog » SpaceX's Falcon 9 aborts liftoff due to abnormal engine reading
Sat, 19 May 2012 15:51:28 +0000
The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule was aborted last night a half-second before liftoff, due to abnormally high pressure readings in engine number five....

SF Signal » Heinlein’s Short Story “All You Zombies” Heads to the Big Screen!
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:29:37 +0000
Variety is reporting that a film adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “All You Zombies” will begin production early next year. Predestination stars Ethan Hawke and is being written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers). Variety describes it thusly: [The] story centers on a secret government time traveli...

SF Signal » VIDEO: *This* is Why Neil Gaiman is a Rock Star (#MustSee)
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:20:17 +0000
Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012. Inspiring…funny…simply a great speech. Related posts: Neil Gaiman Interviews VIDEO: Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Spoof ‘Labyrinth’ Reminder: Neil Gaiman Appears on ‘The Simpsons’ This Weekend (+ Bonus Video) Related posts: Neil Gaiman Interviews VID...

SF Signal » Free SF/F/H Fiction for 5/19/2012
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:14:23 +0000
Written Beneath Ceaseless Skies #95 – May 17, 2012: “The Governess and the Lobster” by Margaret Ronald [Fantasy] (also available in EPUB) “Shades of Amber” by Marie Croke [Fantasy] (also available in EPUB) @Best SF: “Anise” by Chris DeVito [Science Fiction] @Buzzy Mag: “Levels” by Rik Hunik [Sci...

SF Signal » SF Tidbits for 5/19/12
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:05:37 +0000
Interviews & Profiles Kontakt interviews Tim Powers (video). News Victoria Strauss Wins for Writer Beware in First Annual Independent Book Blogger Award. Sci-Fi Version of Fifty Shades of Grey Picked Up by Fox. Now available as an eBook: Shadow Unit: Anomalous Crimes by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly, Amanda Downum. I...

The Planetary Society Weblog » A stunning view of Mars from Argyre to Thaumasia
Fri, 18 May 2012 23:56:32 +0000
Image magician Daniel Machacek has done it again, producing a jaw-dropping view of Mars from Viking Orbiter 1, featuring a frosty Argyre basin and stretching across to a series of faults called Thaumasia Fossae....

The Planetary Society Weblog » Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Gets Energy Boost and Works Through Depths of Winter
Fri, 18 May 2012 22:41:04 +0000
March came in like a lion and went out like a lamb at Meridiani Planum, Mars: Opportunity felt the cold wind on her solar panels, then "settled" in a little more, working through the depths of its fifth Martian winter, as the team honored one of its own up there, and the Mars Exploration Rover mission logged month number 99 of exploration....

BOINC » BOINCstats/BAM! relaunched
Fri, 18 May 2012 22:03:56 +0000
BOINCstats (a cross-project statistics site) and BAM! (a full-featured account manager) have been completely renovated and enhanced. Check out the sites to see what's new!...

The Planetary Society Weblog » Weekend watching: 3D Movie from Mars
Fri, 18 May 2012 19:00:27 +0000
Weekend watching: 3D Movie from Mars...

SF Signal » NOW AVAILABLE: The 2012 Hugo Voter Packet!
Fri, 18 May 2012 17:22:53 +0000
From The Hugo Awards website: Chicon 7, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, has just released the 2012 Hugo Voter Packet. This package includes electronic versions of many works nominated for the 2012 Hugo Awards and is only available through the close of voting on this year’s Hugo Awards on July 31, 2012. (Fancast nominees, [...] Rel...

BOINC » Major Power Outage at SSL
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:42:03 +0000
There was a major power outage on Tuesday evening that affected several buildings here on campus including the entire Space Sciences Laboratory. Power has been restored this morning....

SETI@home » Major Power Outage at SSL
Fri, 18 May 2012 15:57:18 +0000
There was a major power outage on Tuesday evening that affected several buildings here on campus including the entire Space Sciences Laboratory. Power has been restored this morning, and we are slowly getting the project back on line....

SF Signal » [GUEST POST] Gina Misiroglu on The Superhero Century: It’s Not Just Capes and Spandex Anymore
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:25:23 +0000
Gina Misiroglu is a pop-culture historian, best-selling author, and editor of The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes (Visible Ink Press, $24.95). The Superhero Century: It’s Not Just Capes and Spandex Anymore By Gina Misiroglu, author of The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Boo...

Science@NASA » The 2012 Transit of Venus
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:24:14 +0000
It won't happen again until December 2117: On June 5th, 2012, Venus will transit the face of the sun. The best places to watch are in the south Pacific, but travel is not required. The event is widely visible around the world, including at sunset from the USA....

SF Signal » Friday YouTube: “Gilligan’s Planet” Intro
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:19 +0000
Ouch! Make it stop! Related posts: Friday YouTube: Space 1999 Intro Friday YouTube: Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Opening Intro Friday YouTube: Intro to ‘The New Adventures of Batman’ (1977) Related posts: Friday YouTube: Space 1999 Intro Friday YouTube: Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Opening Intro Friday YouTube: Intro to ‘The New A...

SF Signal » SF Tidbits for 5/18/12
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:05:39 +0000
Interviews and Profiles Reddit interviews Helen Lowe. Gollancz interviews AJ Dalton. Ty Johnston interviews Cora Buhlert. Prime Books (Molly Tanzer) interviews Lavie Tidhar. The Qwillery interviews Trent Jamieson. [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author/Editor Robin Wayne Bailey. At Film Critic, John Scalzi interviews…John Scalzi. Locus interviews Sea...

The Planetary Society Weblog » Bringing a little star power to Capitol Hill
Thu, 17 May 2012 23:33:26 +0000
On May 8, 2012, Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson brought their unique brand of motivational speaking to Capitol Hill. In a standing-room-only lunch discussion in one of the meeting rooms for the Committee on Space, Science, Technology, these two space superstars, along with planetary scientist Louise Prockter, explained to members of Congress, staf...

SF Signal » TOC: ‘The Future Is Japanese’ Edited by Haikasoru
Thu, 17 May 2012 19:00:51 +0000
From Haikasoru, here’s the table of contents for the new anthology: The Future is Japanese: Stories From and About the Land of the Rising Sun: A web browser that threatens to conquer the world. The longest, loneliest railroad on Earth. A North Korean nuke hitting Tokyo, a hollow asteroid full of automated rice paddies, and [...] Related posts...

SF Signal » Daniel Abraham Adapts “A Game of Thrones”
Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:16 +0000
Winter is coming! I know, I know – that gets said a lot.  Today, it’s being said over on the Kirkus Reviews Blog, where I’m starting a new series on Graphic Novel adaptations of literary works. First up?  Game of Thrones Volume 1 from Dynamite/Bantam. Making the leap from printed word to a visual medium [...] Related posts: 5 Bo...

The Planetary Society Weblog » SpaceX set to launch COTS 2 flight this Saturday
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:01:10 +0000
This Saturday, SpaceX will attempt to make history by launching the first commercial spacecraft to berth with the International Space Station....

SF Signal » The Bellowing Ogre: 12 Excogitations on the Reading of Fantastika
Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:30 +0000
“All writing depends on the generosity of the reader.” – Alberto Manguel I have a lot of ideas rattling around in my head this week, so I thought that I would write them down, still-forming and tentative, and see what I can make of them. And I ask you, the reader, to let me know [...] No related posts....

SF Signal » The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 126): An Interview with Author Robert McCammon
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:29:16 +0000
In episode 126 of the SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester sits down to chat with Robert McCammon, author of 15 novels including Speaks the Nightbird, Mister Slaughter & The Providence Rider. About Robert McCammon and The Providence Rider: Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels, including the award-winning Boy&#...

SF Signal » TOC: Electric Velocipede, Issue #24 Edited by John Klima
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:18:59 +0000
Electric Velocipede has posted the table of contents for issue #24, set to be published online starting the end of June 2012: Fiction: “Heaven Under Earth” by Aliette de Bodard (Novelette) “To Dive Into a Godling, Where Life Begins” by Jacques Barcia “For They Heard the First Sound and Trembled” by Jessica Breheny “The Mezzo” [...] ...

SF Signal » SF Tidbits for 5/17/12
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:05:07 +0000
Interviews and Profiles The Enchanted Inkpot (Caroline Hooton) on Jasmine Richards. The SFFWRTCHT Interview: Author N. M. Singel. Reddit interviews Michael Dirda. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Brian Greene (podcast). Orbit Books (Anna Gregson) interviews David Brin. Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Loston Wallace. Collider (Ch...

The Planetary Society Weblog » Making eclipse magic
Thu, 17 May 2012 03:12:07 +0000
How to enjoy a solar eclipse with your kids, making shadow magic with a pinhole viewer....

Science@NASA » A New Count of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:53:53 +0000
NASA has just released a new count of asteroids that come close to the orbit of Earth and could survive entry through our planet's atmosphere. The data, gathered by an infrared space telescope named WISE, reveal important new information about the origin and make-up of these potentially hazardous space rocks....

The Planetary Society Weblog » SpaceX Dragon flight to ISS draws near
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:40:29 +0000
SpaceX and NASA have completed a successful flight readiness review (FRR) for the Dragon's upcoming visit to the International Space Station....

SF Signal » REVIEW: The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:42 +0000
SYNOPSIS: In a world once dominated by dragons, reaching out of a medieval level of development, a burgeoning wide scale conflict has roots and character perspectives military, political and economic. MY RATING: MY REVIEW PROS: Nice wide lens of seeing a building conflict from multiple perspectives; excellent use of money as a social force equal [....

SF Signal » Science Fiction Gets Social (Part 2)
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:12 +0000
Today at Kirkus Review Blog, I’ve got the Part 2 of a 3-part article on Social Science Fiction, wherein I look at cities, Utopias and Dystopias. One of the characteristics of great literature is that it says something meaningful about life. Science fiction does that, too, except that the perspective is usually seen from an [...] Related posts...

The Planetary Society Weblog » Cool video: Jupiter, its moons, a comet, and...the Sun?
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:51 +0000
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The Planetary Society Weblog » Third Martian Anniversary for Mars Climate Sounder
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:34:59 +0000
May 16, 2012 is the third martian anniversary of the start of Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) observations from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. MCS started measuring the atmosphere of Mars three Mars years ago, on September 24, 2006. We can now compare the weather and behavior of the atmosphere in three different years, and find the temperature differences...

SF Signal » Trailer: Revolution
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:26 +0000
It seems that J.J. Abrams is out to rule the SF TV universe. With Alcatraz down and out and Fringe with 13 episodes left, that leaves Person of Interest as the only Abrams show (or show he works on) that may have a future. Well not so fast! NBC has picked up yet another Abrams [...] Related posts: Trailer: Outcasts The Cheap eBook Revolution: What&...

Rosetta@home » Project News May 16, 2012
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000
Rosetta@Home software updated to version 3.31. Addresses issues with improper initialization of inputs in hybrid protocol for comparative modeling....

Science@NASA » Solar Eclipse this Weekend
Tue, 15 May 2012 18:47:00 +0000
On Sunday, May 20th, the Moon will pass in front of the Sun, producing an annular solar eclipse visible across the Pacific side of Earth from China to the United States....

Einstein@Home » Einstein@Home GPU Application for ATI/AMD Graphics Cards
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:21:17 +0000
After more than a year of work by Oliver Bock, Bernd Machenschalk, Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein and other developers, we are pleased to announce the release of the first Einstein@Home application for ATI/AMD Graphics Cards. This OpenCL application, which searches Arecibo data for new radio pulsars, is about a factor of ten faster than the same search ru...

Einstein@Home » Einstein@Home volunteers discover three new radio pulsars in Arecibo data
Tue, 15 May 2012 08:36:05 +0000
Einstein@Home volunteers have discovered three new radio pulsars (J1901+0510, J1858+0319, and J1857+0259) in Arecibo PALFA data! Congratulations to: John A. Lorimer Jr. (USA) Ugur Munir Kir, Guzel Sanatlar Saatchi & Saatchi (Turkey) Philipp Kählitz (Germany) Termit (Russia) Philemon1752 (Switzerland) edgen (Russia) Further details...

Milkyway@home » N-body screensaver available for testing
Sat, 12 May 2012 01:48:47 +0000
I wrote a screensaver for the nbody application. You can manually install it and try it from here: http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/download/nbody_0.92/ (available for Linux, Windows and OS X 64 bit. OS X requires 10.7 Lion). It requires OpenGL 3.2 so it needs a DirectX 10 class GPU (Something newer than Radeon HD 2xxx or GeForce 8000 series) T...

Science@NASA » NASA Space Telescope Sees the Light … ien Super-Earth
Tue, 08 May 2012 20:58:07 +0000
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" beyond our solar system for the first time....

Rosetta@home » Project News May 8, 2012
Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000
Journal post from David BakerA big THANK YOU to all of you who have scaled up your contributions to Rosetta@Home-this is a record level of computing power for us and is super well timed. THANKS!!!...

Cosmology@Home » Recent updates and fixes to the project
Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000
As part of the recent updates (more storage, more recent kernel) we finally fixed a longstanding problem: the community preferences are now working again! Check out our main post on the message board for the project announcements....

Science@NASA » Perigee "Super Moon" On May 5-6
Wed, 02 May 2012 17:57:58 +0000
Another "super-Moon" is in the offing. The perigee full Moon of May 5-6 will be as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012....

Milkyway@home » New Separation Runs
Tue, 01 May 2012 22:47:09 +0000
I started 2 new separation runs today: ps_separation_09_2s_sample_1 ps_separation_10_2s_sample_1 Post here or in the Number Crunching Message Board if you notice anything strange about them! -Matthew N...

Rosetta@home » Project News Apr 29, 2012
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000
Journal post from David BakerI have just been told the very good news that Rosetta@home will be the first project of the BOINC pentathlon, and would like to thank all of the participating teams. I also just learned from the discussion thread that Rosetta@home will be the project of the month for BOINC synergy-this is more excellent news!! Your in...

» Workunits for May upcoming
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:24:01 +0000
The workunits for the about 400.000 new protein sequences (for the May release of SIMAP) will be available from Mon, Apr 30 (morning). We estimate that the May batch will need about one week of work. Best, Thomas...

Rosetta@home » Project News Apr 27, 2012
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000
Rosetta@Home software updated to version 3.30. Addresses issues with Cartesian Relax and the modeling of disulfides in the hybrid protocol for comparative modeling....

Milkyway@home » UPDATE: Work Stoppage Remedied
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:39:09 +0000
It looks as though certain processes got stuck, so I manually killed them then restarted all of the BOINC systems. Things look like they are running smoothly now. Let me know if you have any more problems. -Matthew...

Milkyway@home » Work Stoppage
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:54:12 +0000
We are currently experiencing no work going out. This has been escalated to the team and we hope to have it resolved shortly. We are sorry for the delay in the repair. Blurf...