David Brin

Science and Sci Fi intersect on the Prophets of Science Fiction series http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/15/where-data-meet-diction-science-and-sci-fis-dialogue/

Exploring other frontiers: Jonathan Dotse on African Science Fiction http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/5280

How does Science Fiction influence Public Perception of Science? http://blog.sciencefictionbiology.com/2012/02/science-effect-how-does-science-fiction.html

The fundamental difference between science fiction and fantasy is a belief in change and hope of progress. http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-on-difference-between-science.html

More on the Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-on-difference-between-science.html

Ursula K. Le Guin takes on critics of Science Fiction. Good for her! http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Note-Calling-Utopia-a-utopia.html

How two monkeys, two chimps and a robot made Mercury possible http://dvice.com/archives/2012/02/how-two-monkeys.php via @dvice

DARPA sets aside $7 million for 'Avatar' robot pals in battle http://pda.physorg.com/news/2012-02-darpa-million-avatar-robot-pals.html via @physorg_com

Robot Fish leads to better dam designs http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/hydropower-geothermal/the-robot-fish-that-led-to-better-dam-designs via @PopMech

Five creepy ways robots are replacing humans http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-creepy-ways-theyre-replacing-humans-with-robots/ http://t.co/mc7ZAKEr

iRobot's Warrior: A Military Robot that Does It All http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39641/

Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/ff_autonomouscars/

NASA's Fermi Space Telescope reveals Universe's Brightest Explosions--through extensive survey of gamma ray bursts http://www.space.com/14625-nasa-fermi-gamma-ray-bursts-brightest-explosions.html

NASA's Budget woes: U.S.backs out of 5 joint NASA-ESA missions. No consistency in our commitment http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-02/nasa%E2%80%99s-mars-budget-takes-beating-and-once-again-europe-left-holding-bag

2013 Budget to take a bite out of NASA--Planetary Science is biggest loser http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/presidents-2013-budget/

An ever reddening glow--NASA video shows changing global temperatures over 130 years http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/nasa-video-shows-global-warming-is-real/10021

NASA's Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/new-multi-systems.html

NASA videos of the Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News012312-M8.7.html

Contrary Brin: Re-inventing the Future--When Incremental Advances Aren't Enough http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/re-inventing-future-when-incremental.html

On Contrary Brin: Disturbing Trends in the News http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/disturbing-trends-in-news.html

On Contrary Brin: Tax Inequity and the Middle Class -- Top Issue for 2012 http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/tax-inequity-and-middle-class.html

Contrary Brin: Are Taxes Historically High or Low? http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/are-taxes-historically-high-or-low.html

Contrary Brin: Existence, a Confident Internet, Smarter People and Dolphins http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/01/existence-confident-internet-smarter.html

On Contrary Brin: Is Libertarianism Fundamentally about Competition? Or Property? http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-libertarianism-fundamentally-about.html

Five ton digital camera tackles the most ambitious problem in the universe: Surveying Dark Energy http://www.economist.com/node/21547760

NASA's Fermi Space Telescope reveals Universe's Brightest Explosions--through extensive survey of gamma ray bursts http://www.space.com/14625-nasa-fermi-gamma-ray-bursts-brightest-explosions.html

Gorgeous: The Known Universe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U AMNH

The Manga Guide to the Universe – and other Science Comic Books http://physics.about.com/od/physicsbooks/tp/ScienceComics.htm via @AboutPhysics

Why Does Our Universe Have Three Dimensions? http://www.livescience.com/18047-universe-ten-dimensions.html

Planet habitability index: Charting the probability of life elsewhere in the universe http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/01/daily-chart-5

The Fantastic Voyage: M2A capsule camera transmits video through the alimentary canal http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/17/what-processed-food-looks-like-during-digestionof-course-its-not-pretty-video/

An ever reddening glow--NASA video shows changing global temperatures over 130 years http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/nasa-video-shows-global-warming-is-real/10021

Science Xplained: The Physics of Football [Video] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=science-explainer-the-phyics-of-football-video via @sciam

Surveillance videos a tool for studying customer behavior http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39552/ via @TechReview

100 Skills Everyone Should Know: The Instructions (With Videos!) http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/4284709 via @PopMech

NASA videos of the Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News012312-M8.7.html