Blogs / Science Not Fiction

Sculptor Christopher Conte combines his artwork and his experience making prosthetics to create mechanical, science fiction–inspired work with a touch of the dark side.

What are you doing at your computer?  Get outside! 

• Scifi movies summarized in one sentence [Scientific American] 
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• Atul Gawande on the brain, phantom limbs and why you have to scratch that itch [New Yorker]  
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• National Treasure be damned, there are actually 25 “original” Declarations of Independence [New York Times] 
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• While you wait for the chimps to declare independence, take the Planet of the Apes quiz [SciFi Scanner]  
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• And all men are created equal [via BoingBoing]:   

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

- A bad case of the earbleeds. [Polite Dissent]

- Attention Jaron Lanier: FOX Virtuality pilot casting. [Hollywood Reporter via io9]

- Note to Discover Corporate: Time to order Japanese high tech brainstorming room. [Pink Tentacle]

- Ingeniously designed keg stand. [DVICE]