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Recently we praised the latest sci-fi blockbuster Iron Man for including so many real-world technologies. It makes a change, since all too often Hollywood's use of science involves shocking blunders: including spaceships making whooshing noises in Star Wars to the journey to the center of the Earth in The Core. So, to give credit where it's due…

All scenes in outer space are silent ? sound does not travel in a vacuum The stars do not move past the ship ? for there to be a visible motion of the star field, the ship would have to be travelling at close to the speed of light The crew eat…

Hats off to Katee Sackhoff for ratcheting up Starbuck’s level of paranoia in the creepy, suspenseful ‘Road Less Traveled’ episode. While she had her Capt. Queeg moment, Chief Tyrol shaved his head and nearly choked Baltar. Things are starting to get truly frakked up among members of the “Battlestar” fleet, that’s for sur

As Sepinwall has noted elsewhere, the scenes set on the Demetrius have been directed so well that you can practically feel the sweat and smells and claustrophobia of the cramped ship. The directors and writers have expertly helped set the stage…

With an ice rink, a surfing simulator and a gallery of boutiques and restaurants, the Independence of the Seas has better facilities than most small towns - which is just as well as it can carry 5,700 people.

The cavernous main dining room can seat 2,101 people at a time and eight other restaurants offer everything from Italian food to American diner fare, while bars range from a traditional British pub - the Dog and Badger - to more exotic…

The PBS documentary series “Carrier” discovers conflict and camaraderie among the (shockingly young) inhabitants of the USS Nimitz. Imagine a floating city, cramped and volatile, powered by two nuclear reactors, populated by 5,000 working people with the average age of 19 who do tedious, grueling, dangerous jobs around the clock……

Even with such an incredible range of personalities and views on parade under such combustible circumstances, the filmmakers stay focused on the humanity of all of the ship's residents, from the lowliest enlistee to the captain. The soaring…

Even if you just hear a science fiction movie or TV show playing in another room, you’ll instantly recognize it thanks to the weird sounds of alien spaceships and laser weapons. We’ve gone through some of scifi’s most identifiable and iconic sounds and boiled them down into a list of the coolest and the most earwormy.

The Cylon Eye from Battlestar Galactica: Probably the most iconic sound from Battlestar Galactica, the 70s edition was the scanning sound of the Cylon eye. My brother and I used to hide behind the couch when they'd come onscreen and talk in…

A complete primer on the smartest sci-fi TV show … maybe ever.

Over the past five years, however, the show's universe has also become awfully complicated. At this point, there are good Cylons and bad Cylons and morally ambiguous Cylons and, if the third-season finale is to be believed, Cylons with an…

A complete primer on the smartest sci-fi TV show … maybe ever. Nice thorough article from Salon that doesn't seem to need the site pass (yet)

Over the past five years, however, the show's universe has also become awfully complicated. At this point, there are good Cylons and bad Cylons and morally ambiguous Cylons and, if the third-season finale is to be believed, Cylons with an…

‘I had heard about this whale, but we had never been able to find it’ -Captain Ahab

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The new rocket, called the Ares 1, has a serious vibration issue.

The Ares I rocket is one of two rockets NASA has developed to replace the space shuttle since beginning its program to return to the moon in 2005. The other, the Ares V, is a cargo ship that will carry no crew members. The shaking is due to gas…