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Tuesday 08 May, 2012
Story Idea: One Million People Like Jack Turner
The memories of celebrities are available for public download. Jack Turner is an internet sensation. But when a false memory of a murder is implanted into his feed, Jack finds himself on the run.
Monday 30 April, 2012
The Universe is Full of Vorlons
A recently published paper by scientist David Moore suggests that we are far more likely to encounter an ancient spacefaring civilization than a race of aliens with a level of technology comparable to our own.
Monday 23 April, 2012
Conquest of the Planet of the InGen-Created Neanderthals
So, this is essentially a cross between Jurassic Park and Planet of the Apes. The neanderthals are cloned in the same way as the dinosaurs were cloned by InGen, and they somehow make the leap from being laboratory specimens to being both pets and slaves
Sunday 15 April, 2012
Navigating Endless Portals
The idea is to have a portal without a definite shape and without definite borders. Most portals in science fiction are circular, but these portals would be more like an endless barrier, ribbon or crack, and they could conceivably stretch across the globe.
Friday 06 April, 2012
Fake UFO Photo Contest
Alien UFO Research is holding a fake UFO picture contest to try and uncover how easy it is to manipulate the pictures that people submit trying to prove that UFOs are real. The prize for the winner is one that will last a lifetime.
Tuesday 03 April, 2012
Airborne Wind Generators: the Future of Renewable Energy?
The airborne wind turbine (AWT) uses a a helium-filled inflatable shell to rise to high into the air where winds are stronger and more consistent, making it much more reliable than conventional land-based wind turbines.
Monday 02 April, 2012
Story Idea: The Last Man on Second Earth
The ‘last man on Earth’ format has been done several times before, so I got to thinking, what if the story were set on another planet. These kinds of story also only get interesting when the character realizes that he’s not the last man on Earth, so I played around with this a little too.
Wednesday 14 March, 2012
10 Colonization Story Ideas
10 quick ideas for a science fiction ‘colonization’ story, including everything from time travel colonization to inter-dimensional colonization and extra-terrestrial prison camps.
Monday 12 March, 2012
Planet Profile: Quicksilver (The Red World)
Quicksilver life forms can sequester or expel mercury from their bodies in various ways. Many plant life forms can transport and expel mercury as an ionic vapor, others channel it in special lipid nodules that can be excreted or dropped.
Thursday 08 March, 2012
Somebody Please Remake Earth 2
This short-lived sci-fi show includes all the standards and cliches of the colonization format, plus a few uniquely 90′s ideas that might give you food for thought.
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