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Review: Hermit on Mars – Kate Rauner

Hermit on Mars - Kate Rauner

Genre: Sci-Fi, Colonization, Mars Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book The colony thrives, but a discouraged settler craves change. His mother’s call from her threatened habitat sends him racing to save her. Sig’s robots contribute to the colony’s success, but his own life is falling apart. When his mother, living in a … Read more

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Writer Fuel: New Optical Disc Can Hold 15,000 DVDs Worth of Information

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Scientists have developed a new type of optical disc that can increase information storage capacity to the “petabit” level — 125 terabytes of data, or the combined storage capacity of about 15,000 DVDs. Optical discs, such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs, are durable and inexpensive. A standard single-layer Blu-ray disc can store 25 gigabytes. By … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Eric Avedissian

Eric Avedissian

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Eric Avedissian Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal ERIC AVEDISSIAN is an adjunct professor and speculative fiction author. His published work includes the novels Accursed Son, Mr. Penny-Farthing, Midnight at Bat Hollow, and the role-playing game Ravaged Earth. His short stories appear in the … Read more

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Writer Fuel: New DNA-Infused Computer Chip Blurs Line Between Biological and mechanical

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Scientists have created a new biocomputing chip that makes calculations using a DNA substrate, including mathematical operations essential to artificial intelligence (AI) training and big data processing. Researchers described the new biocomputing platform Oct. 19, 2023, in the journal PLOS One. DNA is known as the blueprint for life and encodes genetic information, like data … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Grant Edward Miller

Grant Edward Miller

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Grant Edward Miller Sci-Fi I live in the small community of Fox Point, Nova Scotia, Canada in “Otter Cottage” — named for the river animal with which I strongly identify. I am a French immersion teacher by trade and now a … Read more

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Writer Fuel: We Have Taste Receptors Throughout Our Bodies

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Most of the cell types in your body appear in many places — for example, humans have photoreceptors throughout our nervous systems, not just our eyes. So it seems strange that taste receptors would only be found on the tongue. Turns out, you actually have taste receptors throughout your body; you just can’t taste what … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Joseph Picard

Joseph Picard

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Joseph Picard Sci-Fi Resident of the lower mainland in BC, I’ve lived all over Canada, but I’ve been in this area since ’94 or so, and am unlikely to leave. I’ve always been a creative sort, composing music on the computer … Read more

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Review: The Two Princesses – Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

The Two Princesses - Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Space Opera Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It At Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Apple | SmashwordsUniversal Buy Link About The Book Their first mission after the Calarni leads Yaden and Ivan to Goa, tracking down N’Bosoti artefacts. Encounters on the estate of Princess Kumari have implications both personal and political, but most importantly, lead to Yaiciz … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Are We Finally Getting the Flying Cars We Were Promised?

LuftCar flying car

A vehicle that’s a strange blend between a futuristic electric minivan and the rear half of an airplane could soon revolutionize island-hopping. The unusual vehicle, which is currently still only a concept, will be able to travel both on land and in the air and be powered by electricity or hydrogen, its designers claim. The … Read more

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Author Spotlight – Nephy Hart / Cheryl Headford

Nephy Hart / Cheryl Headford

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Nephy Hart /Cheryl Headford Paranormal, Sci-Fi Cheryl/Nephy was born into a poor mining family in the South Wales Valleys. Until she was 16, the toilet was at the bottom of the garden and the bath hung on the wall. Her refrigerator … Read more