The Cyberlover, allegedly created by Russian crooks, convincingly poses as a human in chatrooms in order to elicit personal information.
Does it pass the Turing Test?….
Category Archives: Science
Ad Astra Per Aspera
The International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight noted setbacks in the development of private and commercial space-faring, but also possible opportunities.
Meanwhile, YOU can use your home computer to help understand the universe, perhaps even feeling out the texture of those cosmic defects.
Science Round-up
“Pure luck” leads to the oldest possible fossils of reptile life, more evidence surfaces for water on Mars, and a really big black hole challenges whole theories.
Science real and fictional
Real-life Meteor Freaks? The coolest extrasolar planets? Mutants bred by space radiation?
Here’s a round-up of recent stories that hint at hoary sf clichés of yore.
Mundane SF
This site flies in the face of what many people turn to SF to find, but it makes for thought-provoking reading.
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Textbook Review – “An Introduction To Laplace Transforms and Fourier Series”
Just in case my geek status was in any doubt, I’ve written a review of the textbook I read while vacationing in Jasper, Alberta.
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A Stellar Line-up
Earlier this week, Hubble released some stunning images of dying stars.
Meanwhile, a little closer to home, Google wants YOU to build a moon rover!
Giant Spider-web runs 180+ metres
Has tarantula taken to the hills? Is this the place where Spider-man tests his web-shooters?….
This hole is big. Really big….
Astronomers express surprise at the discovery of a hole in the universe that’s a billion light years (give or take a few) across.
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Hotels in Space
The builders of the first space hotel claim it will open by 2012, but the price may be a little steep.