I’ve already explained how black holes suck up everything, including light. You’d expect them to grow forever. However, that’s not what happens…
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Worldcon 2019
I got to visit Worldcon in Dublin last week, which was awesome. Since there’s a lot of coverage about things like the Hugos already, through Twitter, and on Facebook, I’ll do it differently. I’ll cover some of the less known panels that took place. Also, this is more interesting to non-scifi geeks.
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Last week, two protoplanets in another star system were directly imaged. That seems like a good excuse to talk about planetary formation.
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Above is a picture of a deep sea fish called the Mariana snailfish. This fish lives at 8 kilometers deep, or roughly 5 miles, and is transparent. It got me thinking about science fiction.
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In my career as a software developer, I’ve seen a lot of television and novels mangle the depiction of hackers. Today, let’s go blow apart some of those erroneous depictions.
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