07 Feb
The candidates for the 2010 DUFF Race, to send a North American fan to Australia, have been announced. This year’s race, which will send a fan to Aussiecon IV, has a large field of contenders, including Jeff Boman, Terry Fong and Jannie Shea, John Hertz, Melanie Herz, and John Purcell. Fong and Shea are [...]
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07 Feb
A Russian cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station Thursday to deliver food and supplies.
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07 Feb
The next generation of robot astronauts is on its way, and they are even faster, stronger and more dexterous than before.
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07 Feb
The Hubble Space Telescope has returned the most detailed images of Pluto ever taken.
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07 Feb
Space industry executives hail new government funding for commercial spaceflight and counter critics who question its safety.
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07 Feb
Author Philip Klass (b.1920) died on February 7 from congestive heart failure. Klass wrote science fiction under the name William Tenn. Klass began publishing science fiction with the story “Alexander the Bait” in 1946. His only novel was Of Men and Monsters. Tenn was best known for writing satirical science fiction and [...]
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07 Feb
Written by: Tony Basgallup
Directed by: Kenny Glenaan
Rating:
The One Where: Things unravel further for Mitchell when he kills Chief Constable Wilson and admits to Lucy that he’s a vampire. George’s relationship with Sam develops thanks…
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07 Feb
Above: Russell has the final word on Ianto’s demise
BEST TV EPISODE – “Children Of Earth” Part Five
Message from Russsell T Davies (read out on the night – with genius comic timing – by fellow Torchwood writer, James Moran):
“Hello SFX, it’s Russell…
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07 Feb
The International Animated Film Society gave out their annual awards, the Annies, last night. Unsurprisingly genre films dominated. Henry Selick’s Coraline picked up 5 of the 10 awards it was nominated for, the most by any movie (as happily tweeted by Neil Gaiman). Up picked up Best Feature Film and Best Feature Film Director, reinforcing [...]
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07 Feb
James Cameron’s Avatar, which has dominated the box office for the last seven weekends, finally slipped to second place the weekend of Feb. 5, but still took in a strong $23.6 million.
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