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...Stronger” or Missy Elliott’s “Touch It.” Not to mention that they played at James Murphy’s house. And then there’s the hipster cachet: that they perform in a triangular spaceship. That they only appear publicly in space helmets. That they’ve crossed over into the A/V world with “Interstella 5555” (a Japanese animation scored by the “Discovery” album) and their latest film, “Electroma.” Their hypervisual, intergalactic...

Author: By Elsa S. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Daft Punk | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...court, it has a lot of study spaces, and it also has a gym and a pool, and it has offices and classrooms. It basically does everything,” said MIT freshman Ann Ouyang. “When I first saw it I thought it looked like a spaceship...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT Sues Architect Gehry Over Faulty Building | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...shooting alien antagonists while swapping Eastwoodian one-liners with his sidekick, a computer program named Cortana who appears as a sexy hologram. But the Halo games also have a curiously lyrical quality about them. They're full of literary touches and evocative phrases--the Master Chief travels in a spaceship called the Pillar of Autumn. The Halo universe is rich in lore--gamers love to be there the way some people love to pretend they're in Jane Austen novels. The action isn't nonstop; instead it includes dramatic beats and even moments of melancholy solitude, with Romantic weather effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Games: The Man in the Mask | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

...after an initial malfunction on the first launch attempt, and went on to outshine the Soviets by artfully orchestrating the first-ever space rendezvous. Recalling how vulnerable Earth looked from above, he said, "I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 21, 2007 | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...Currently, there are several hypothetical options, which fall into two broad categories. One, give the asteroid a very gentle nudge away from the earth. This could be accomplished either with a tiny rocket attached to the side of the asteroid or by a minute gravitational tug from a nearby spaceship. Two, detonate a nuclear bomb next to the asteroid, vaporizing one side of it, and sending it careening in another direction. Either option requires a good deal of advance notice. Engineering and launching an interceptor might take years, and any sort of nuclear weapon in outer space would require years...

Author: By Matthew S. Meisel | Title: Bullets from Outer Space | 3/9/2007 | See Source »

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