Elizabeth StanwayIt's time for a new #CosmicStories blog! Today we're looking at a tale of two black holes - a case studies in the #ScienceandSF of the movies Interstellar (2014) and The Black Hole (1979). Comments always welcome!
New blog day! Today in #CosmicStories, we take a look at the #ScienceandSF of Internal Medicine - microsurgery carried out inside the human body. Featuring works by Skidmore, Anderson, Malzberg, Asimov and lots of Fantastic Voyages, amongst others.
Comments welcome!
Time for a new #CosmicStories blog post! Today we're looking at the #ScienceandSF of human habitation under Earth's oceans. Featuring examples from Clarke, Asimov, Eklund, McLaughlin, films and television such as VTTBOTS and SeaQuest DSV.
Comments always welcome!
In today's new #CosmicStories blog, I take a look at the context and lasting legacy of J W Dunne's "An Experiment with Time" in #ScienceandSF. Featuring work by Blish, Heinlein, Priestley, Bayley, Evans, Boswell and others, and 1970 television series Timeslip.
New blog! In today's #CosmicStories, we look at the #ScienceandSF of Snowball Effects - exponential growth phenomena with unfortunate consequences. Featuring work by Heinlein, MacLean,Harrison, Keeler, Red Dwarf and a surprising amount of #StarTrek!
It's a new #scienceandSF blog day! Today in #CosmicStories I'm looking at the history of Planet X - outer solar system planets in #astronomy and #sciencefiction. Featuriong stories from Campbell, Cooper, Hasse, Baxter, Space Patrol and others.
https://www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/planet-x/
Comments welcome.
New blog! After celebrating our 5th birthday last week, today in #CosmicStories we're looking at sonic weaponry and devices in #scienceandSF and their impact in "The Walls of Jericho". Featuring Rudyard Kipling, Transformers, WH40K, Star Trek and many others, as well as a certain Doctor's famous screwdriver.
It's a Bonus Blog day! To celebrate a full FIVE YEARS of Cosmic Stories this week, I'm posting a slightly more reflective biographical piece as the first in a new occasional series on the relationship between #ScienceandSF at a personal level - Scientific Journeys.
https://www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/scientific-journeys-1/
Comments or other responses welcome!
Today in the #CosmicStories blog, we take a look at the #ScienceandSF of #Exoplanets through the lens of a case study: #StarTrek and its spin offs. Featuring #astronomy, #ScienceFiction, desert worlds, water planets, giants, and lots of Star Trek. Comments welcome!
New blog! Today in #CosmicStories, we take a look at Clarke's Third Law: technologies indistinguishable from magic in #ScienceandSF. Featuring Arthur C Clarke, Roger Zelazny, Jack Vance, Babylon 5, Tolkien and others.
Comments always welcome!
