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Offworld Report
Biohackers are creating a free knockoff of a million-dollar gene therapy – should we cringe or applaud the Robin Hoods of medicine? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614245/biohackers-are-pirating-a-cheap-version-of-a-million-dollar-gene-therapy/…
Robots that cannot be broken? Skynet will be so pleased about this actual piece of science news! The European Commission is funding a…
Murder-bots – coming soon to a war zone near you. Welcome to a dark new age of autonomous machine warfare! https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/09/killer-robots-and-new-era-machine-driven-warfare/597130/ The Offworld…
Star Trek Discovery writer Walter Mosley was chastised by human resources and booted out of the Star Trek Discovery writers’ room. This is…
Pierce Brosnan reckons playing James Bond might have been his biggest achievement, but that it’s now time for a woman to pick up…
This meteorite stands out as something completely different from any of the over 40,000 meteorites that have been found on Earth, its existence…
Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea has had quite a few dodgy attempts in the past to jump into movies and TV series, so let’s…
Margaret Atwood’s mother-of-all-dystopian novels Handmaid’s Tale now has had its imminent sequel – The Testaments (set 15 years after the previous work) –…
There’s a new Matrix film in the pipe from Warner Bros Pictures with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss due to reprise their roles.…
The ongoing feud between Disney and Sony has sadly resulted in the Spider-Man licence being yanked from Disney-Marvel and the MCU, which rather…
You might have thought that actor Ewan McGregor was all done with his prequel appearances as wise jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, but no! The…
Stupid thieves try to sell rare stolen comic-book collection back to its victim owner without realising (and are quickly busted). https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2019/08/12/burglary-suspects-foiled-by-meddling-comic-book-store-owner The best…