Word: fictions
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Robots were due for a comeback. In the scientific world, creatures made of metallic bits may have been replaced by ones with electronic bytes, but computers just don't have the charm of the anthropomorphized tin men from science-fiction past. To borrow a line from A Mighty Wind, they're so retro, they're now-tro. Will Smith proved that last year with I, Robot. Now the CGI cartoonmakers, having run through their bug, monster, fish and human evolutionary phases, are into talking gadgets. Pixar has Cars next summer. And the Blue Sky team, which enjoyed a hit with...
...really flow forward? Nope. Is teleportation possible? Yep. Greene, a superstring expert who teaches physics and math at Columbia University, uses The Simpsons characters to illustrate the ground rules of a universe that is so much weirder than you thought. Result? Science that's as much fun as science fiction...
...written a lot of special-interest non-fiction that not too many people read,” Cruikshank says. “I wanted to write a book that there was a chance a lot of people could read. I’ve read some mysteries, and thought, ‘I can do better...
...been a truly inspiring and invigorating family for me, a strong group of people who love the power of the word but also love service and connecting with others…The workshops help serve as spaces to relax and to inspire people to write in any form (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, rap), and the open mics bring out peoples of all types. I really enjoy the way that we have tied the word to teaching and involvement with middle schools and high schools...
...looks like he could party...for my outfit, I’d go to the Garment District; you can put together an outfit there that looks like [it came through] a time machine...I’d wear powder-blue Pumas, the Samuel L. Jackson suit from Pulp Fiction...and a blue tie to match the shoes...