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Sci Fi

Discussion: New Discoveries

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New Scientific Discoveries

Today we’re launching a new monthly discussion topic, suggested by Freddy MacKay – New Discoveries. This is a sci fi topic mostly (tho we may get a little paranormal mixed in here and there). Each month, we’ll share the new scientific discoveries we’ve heard about during the last month. Did someone cure cancer? Discover a new planet? Find the missing link between men and wolves? Come tell us about it – maybe we’ll spark some new stories and birth a few plot bunnies, squirrels, and mongeese. Come chat about it with us! :)

Announcement: Desert World Immigrants, by Lyn Gala

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Desert World Immigrant

QSFer Lyn Gala has a new sci fi book out: Lieutenant Commander Verly Black is ready to leave the atrocities of war behind and immigrate to the planet of Livre, where he can build a future away from the ghosts of his past. He doesn’t expect to find a kindred spirit in councilman Naite Poli–a man with secrets as dark as Verly’s own and bearing the scars to prove it. Both men have done what was necessary to survive–Verly in battle and Naite in defense of his family–and they’re haunted by memories that leave them wary of trusting others. As … Read more

Who Goes to the Stars?

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space travel

When interplanetary or interstellar space travel becomes a reality for humans, we’ll need to choose who to send What would the best two person crew be in terms of stability? A man and woman? A married couple? Gays? Lesbians? And why? Or do you think it would make no difference?

Announcement: Corin’s Chance, by Hannah Walker

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Avanti Chronicles

QSFer Hannah Walker has a new sci fi book out: Posted to some stars awful cruiser, Dr. Corin Talovich hoped to serve his time quietly and get on with his life, but fate stepped in and decided otherwise. Crashing into an unknown planet was the last thing Corin expected. With only his friend, Lieutenant Commander Tate Riven, by his side, they face the unexplored world and new enemies bravely, leading them to the Derin Clan, where they’re welcomed by the leader’s son. Kel isn’t sure about the strange men, but he isn’t about to send them away, especially when the … Read more

Electroloom Fabric Printer Spins New World of Possibilities

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Imagine being able to print your own seamless clothing. Electroloom is the world’s first 3D printer capable of creating true fabric, and its creators are looking for their first alpha testers. According to its page on Kickstarter, the Electroloom Developer Kit “is a tool for designing and manufacturing” custom-made, ready-to-wear clothing. Traditionally, textile manufacturing requires first sending raw material through multiple processing steps just to create the fabric, but the Electroloom reduces clothing creation into a single step: “When interacting with our machine, there is no need for thread, needles, or sewing. Instead, our users need only some simple CAD … Read more

Discussion: Changing Your Gender and Orientation

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DNA

We’re learning more about human genetics and sexuality each year. Soon we’ll be able to make babies form the DNA of a gay couple together, and maybe someday soon we’ll be able to predict a child’s sexual orientation. What if science advanced to a point where it would be possible to change sexual orientations? Where you could flip a switch and go from being gay to straight, or bi, or…? What if you could fully change your gender (internal and external)? Would you do it? For a day or a week or a lifetime? And how would true orientation and … Read more

Review: “Zenith” by Arshad Ahsanuddin

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Genre: Bisexual Science Fiction Length: Novel   COMMANDER MARTIN Atkins of the Confederation Navy is grounded after an Earth orbit rescue attempt goes bad. As he’s sitting around, cooling his heels, he’s approached by a civilian entrepreneur about a secret mission to create a starship, and travel to Alpha Centauri. Who could say no to that? Certainly not a pilot and explorer like Atkins. Edward Harlen and his sister have their own reasons for joining the project, but as the days get closer to launch, everyone begins to wonder about the super siblings’ motives. The lines are drawn when people … Read more

Massive To-Scale Model Of Our Solar System Will Blow Your Mind

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Solar System Model

Filmmakers Wylie Overstreet, Alex Gorosh and a few of their friends took on a hugely creative, and impressive, task of fittingly creating a to-scale model of our solar system in a 3.5-mile patch of desert known for hosting one of the most artistic festivals in the U.S.: Burning Man Festival. Gorosh and Overstreet documented the process and techniques they used to create this massive model utilizing a mix of technology and agricultural techniques including drones, GPS coordinates, electrical lighting, a click wheel to measure distance and a makeshift farming harrow to create their model within a short 36 hours. Full … Read more

Girls Who Grow Penises at Twelve

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Great fodder for a story: In a village in the Dominican Republic, an estimated one in fifty children are born ‘girls’ before growing male genitalia during puberty. The children are known as Guevedoces – roughly translated as “penis-at-12” – referring to the age they are when their physical appearance starts to change. This extraordinary intersex condition – known medically as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency – has been documented for a new BBC2 series ‘Countdown to Life’ which takes a look at how we develop in the womb and how early changes impact us for the rest of our lives. See the full … Read more