Only a couple of hours until the weekend - and to celebrate, we've got all the geeky bits and pieces you need to get you through!
You know that NASA announcement we told you about? Well, it turns out watching the skies was a total waste of time. What you should have been watching is a lake in California, because that’s where they’ve found a totally new life form – one based on arsenic, instead of one of the usual six building blocks of life. It’s not exactly little green men, but it's still a pretty big deal.
And speaking of new life forms, Mercedes Benz has come up with this car: it’s grown in a lab from genetically engineered DNA. It's a cool idea, but we can't help but wonder what happens when it gets sick …
Trailer time! Here’s the new one for HBO’s long-awaited fantasy series, Game of Thrones. It’s looking predictably awesome.
Less awesome, and more just plain cheesy, is the latest from the upcomign Broadway show, Spiderman: The Musical. And as we’re mostly not New Yorkers, the trailer may be all we ever get. Which might not be such a bad thing …
In booky news, Hugo-nominated sci-fi writer Peter Watts has been nabbed to write the official adaptation of Crysis 2. Fans – especially those who don’t run screaming at the word ‘novelisation’ – seem understandably pleased at the choice.
Also of interest to hard science fiction folks, superwriter Greg Bear is taking on Project Gutenberg, claiming that his work is not as much in the public domain as they’d like to think …
DC Comics is making Superman fans happy with a release date for their next DC Universe animated feature. It’ll be hitting DVD and Blu-Ray in February, and features a mass of talent. Keep an eye out.
And finally, our favourite eleventh doctor stopped by for a visit with US late night talk host Craig Ferguson a little while back. Ferguson was so chuffed he put together this little tribute to the Time Lord and friends … enjoy!
Issue: 137 | June, 2012