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Robot Ethics and the Turkish Turtledove
An essay by Mando Viday, as provided by Django Mathijsen Dylah wasn’t the prettiest girl I’ve ever known. Still she is the only one I often recalled with melancholy and even regret. Because although we’d been close, we’d never become … Continue reading
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Tagged Django Mathijsen, Mando Viday, Robotics
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Maturity
An essay by Max Steiner, as presented by Nathaniel K. Miller Scientist profile: Dr. Marvin Steiner was a controversial and pioneering nodal physicist, known for developing the Jaunte Drive, an early prototype teleportation engine. He and his son Max disappeared … Continue reading
Death-Ray Barking Dog Torches Home
Article by Dan Foley, as provided by Kyle Yadlosky Photography by Eleanor Leonne Bennett Pine Lane, New Jersey, was rocked yesterday afternoon, when neighbors heard an explosion from one of the houses in the gated community. Apparently, a two-month-old Jack … Continue reading
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Tagged Biotech, Dan Foley, Kyle Yadlosky
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A Thread Finer than Hope
Essay by Malini Gupta, as provided by Jack N. Waddell Photography by Eleanor Leonne Bennett “Professor Gupta,” Dr. Cowen says, voice raised. Had she been speaking? “I’m afraid you must make a decision.” My undergraduate quantum physics students might have … Continue reading
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Tagged Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Jack N. Waddell, Malini Gupta, Quantum Physics
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Notes From A Recent Polar Expedition
Essay by Ludwig Wergenergener, Ph.D. (Oxon.), Dip. Ed.(Utrecht), D.Sc. (Knutsford); as provided by Darren Goossens Illustration by Justine McGreevy The Discovery: In the year 34.6 (2207 by the old calendar), the planet of Bruce was discovered. It was named after … Continue reading
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Tagged Darren Goossens, Humor, Justine McGreevy, Ludwig Wergenergener, Space Travel
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It Lives!
After some delay, I finally present to you Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2012.
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Tagged Abigail Figg, Anonymous Journalist, Ari Ascher, Biology, Cryptozoology, D.K. Snape, Davin Ireland, Dawn Vogel, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Elizabeth Haraldson, Fantasy, Genetic Engineering, Ghosts, Hadron Collider, Horror, Humor, James Ford, Jeremy Zimmerman, Joshua Michael Rideout, Kathryn Board, Katie Nyborg, Logan Merritt, Mark Andrew Edwards, Nathaniel K. Miller, Odile Pyotrova, Pimping, Pyotr Ilyich Begichev, Quarterly, Rosemary Jones, Samantha Higson, Science Fiction, Scientific Paper, Space Travel, Spring 2012, Suzanne van Rooyen, Thomas Canfield, Time Travel, Torrey Podmajersky, Unicorns, Virgil Ther
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Bears
Essay by an anonymous survivor, as provided by Christos Callow, Jr. Illustration by Katie Nyborg 1A. Ever heard of auto-cloning? You must have. Everyone knows what it is, though most learned the hard way. I used to know one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anonymous Survivor, Apocalypse, Christos Callow Jr., Genetic Engineering, Katie Nyborg
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Gauss’s Invitation
Selected correspondence received by Professor Hans Dorfenheimer during the “Martian Troubles” (1908-1909), compiled by Gary Cuba Illustration by Justine McGreevy Rev. Richard Gauss Denver, Colorado, September 3, 1908 Professor Doctor Hans Dorfenheimer, Göttingen, Germany Dear Prof. Dorfenheimer, In reply to … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gary Cuba, Justine McGreevy, Martian Invasion, Mathematics, Nikola Tesla, Psychology, Sigmund Freud
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A Resubmission to Xenobiology by Clark et al.
Provided by S. R. Algernon December 21, 2218 Dear Editors of Xenobiology: We are writing in response to the latest round of reviewer comments on “The use of acoustic deterrents against macrofauna in the surface ice sheets of Europa: ecological and … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason F. Hopkins, S.R. Algernon, Scientific Paper, Selena Clark, Xenobiology
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