Welcome to Sci-Friday, Hyper-Reality is a film about the cautionary problems of VR, augmented reality, and AI. Even though it came out in 2013, Hyper-Reality still feels fresh and vibrant, like the film came out yesterday. Take a look and then we’ll discuss. From the website: Our physical and virtual realities are becoming increasingly intertwined….
Happy SciFriday, celebrate making it through the week by watching as Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains Climate Change. I think you’ll find that he articulates the subject from a different perspective and that might help increase understanding. Take a look: Now here’s what I want you to take from this video because climate change is…
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Hooray – free scifi movies on Youtube! I can’t think of a better way to celebrate an otherwise awful week (LA Fires, David Lynch, SpaceX Starship 7 breaking up over the Caribbean) than watching some indie scifi you might not otherwise know about. A lot of people slept on Midnight Special – so if this…
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Woke up to the horror stories of the LA firestorm – let’s use this Sci-Friday to express empathy with some LA Fire Music, a live version of ‘Save Your Tears’ by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande. Seems oddly appropriate given the news we’re getting about loss and grief to thousands of now-homeless people in Los…
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Scifi is supposed to be fun, kids – take a look at Space Sheriff Shaider. Chicken Nugget would be one example, but here’s another. This wacky tokusatsu television show ran during the 80s but lives forever in our hearts. Watch the episode below and then we’ll talk more about fun scifi: As Space Sheriff Shaider…
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Happy Black Friday – great news, they found that X-Files Song! ‘Staring at the Stars’ has been one of those ‘obscure media mysteries’ that Internet sleuths love to solve. It’s been located and is now on Youtube for you to enjoy. Take a listen: I can hear a little ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ in…
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Ooh ooh – Gates McFadden spills the Star Trek Tea on this Sci-Friday. A recent appearance on the Inside of You podcast gave us some next-level insight on Beverly Crusher’s character in the first season of Star Trek: TNG. Who knew being Wesley’s mom could be so spicy?? I got a kick out of this…
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What would it look like to travel across the Milky Way in four minutes? Our galaxy is 100,000 light-years across – traveling that distance in four minutes comes with interesting physics-related consequences. Come along for the ride as we fall into the Milky Way galaxy and back out again – take a look: Kudos…
Hooray – we made it to Sci-Friday – let’s enjoy the beautiful cyberpunk chaos of Dynamo. It’s a dystopian science fiction web series created by Ian Hubert and Scott Hampson, and the side series Dynamo Dream, that anyone can edit! Here’s Episode 1, Part 1 of the spin-off series Dynamo Dreams. Take a look: Sounds…
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For this Sci-Friday, we take a trip to the dark side of a Star Wars fan’s visit to the Empire Strikes Back set back in 1980. I know, I know – TV shows love to do ‘lucky fan gets to do X’ segments – Jimmy Kimmel does them all the time. But in the case…
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