This might prove to be a rather spectacular discovery...
http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/nasa-scientist-finds-evidence-of-alien-life/

Then again...it turns out this momentous announcement was broken by none other than F*x-News...and we know how close is their relationship to actual science (the tides, explain the tides). Doubting the ( Read more... )

It seems that Warp Speed is Lethal Speed:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18532-starship-pilots-speed-kills-especially-warp-speed.html

Don't you just hate it when you burn to a crisp?

-gf

For the discerning sf writer working on near-future 'hard' science, you might want to fold this in...the memory of the future.

Electrical engineers create world's first "memristor"
Titanium dioxide-coated "memory resistor" wires, a new form of electronic memory devised by HP Labs, relies on principles of changing resistance levels. The device proves ( Read more... )

...is always a good idea and just can't happen often enough.

This just in from the UK (no doubt because, though the findings come from Kansas, you know, the US media is utterly FUBAR.
The Great GM Crop Myth gets busted.

gf