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Wonder Woman 1984's Stark Warning About Big Oil
Greed, grifts, and the oil industry are at the heart of Warner Brother's latest superhero flick.
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How we'd really defend Earth from an asteroid attack
In The Expanse, Earth's defenders must stop a cosmic catastrophe. Scientists weigh in on how to do it.
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Jan 16
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Will humans ever reverse climate change?
If all goes well for humanity, atmospheric carbon levels could start falling in a few decades. But how far down will we bring them?
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Jan 9
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Five great things about 2020 (they were all books)
In an objectively awful year, good stories were more important than ever.
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Dec 31, 2020
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A scientific guide to the infernal fish of Hades
The denizens of the River Styx have some nightmarish cousins here on Earth.
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Dec 26, 2020
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Why I want to punch Baby Yoda
How cute things hijack our brains and scramble our emotions.
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Dec 19, 2020
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How The Expanse made realistic space travel more exciting than warp drive
Science fiction is under no obligation to be scientifically accurate, and some shows, like Star Trek, flagrantly violate the laws of physics with every…
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Dec 12, 2020
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A thought-provoking novel on the scariest response to climate change
Eliot Peper's science fiction thriller Veil explores the promise and peril of geoengineering.
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Dec 4, 2020
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