I listened to this recently on Audible, and it was not what I expected. Though this is marketed as a sci-fi, the setting is really more of a medieval/fantasy type world. The prose is also very dramatic, dark and flowery, which seems more fit to a fantasy novel. The main character being a torturer who …
Kepler 186F
Astronomers announced yesterday that they've found what they think is an Earth-like planet, 490 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, orbiting the star Kepler 186. The planet is only slightly bigger than Earth, rocky, and orbits its star in the so-called 'Goldilocks zone', making it likely hospitable for life. Though the planet is too far …
Faster Food
I went into a Jack in the Box (fast food chain) for the first time in years today, and was surprised to find a kiosk where I could order my food and pay without any interaction with a human. This is an improvement for convenience and speed to be sure, but I wonder how long …
Wet Mars
NASA's rover Curiosity has made an exciting discovery--the soil of Mars contains about two percent water by weight. This means that any colonizers would be able to extract about one pint of water per square foot of Martian dirt. This discovery suddenly makes the idea of people living on Mars a lot more feasible, a …
Spider
There was a little jumping spider on the table at a fast food restaurant I ate at the other day. I don't remember her being there when I sat down, but suddenly there she was, as well as some kind of flying insect, like a small crane fly, which looked like it was injured. I …
Jonas David 