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Kevin Smith is writing Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles, the first official crossover between Star Wars and Marvel Comics—Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca meeting Spider-Man and the Avengers while Doctor Doom sides with Darth Vader.
Inspired by boingboing.net · Boing Boing
Apple’s first full Neuromancer teaser (premiere Jan 22, 2027) lands while I’m rereading Gibson—arguing a dense cyberpunk classic needs atmosphere kept intact if the adaptation is to earn a new generation of readers.
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CNN reports researchers in China cloned yaks for hardier Tibetan Plateau livestock—arguing cloning is leaving lab demos for agriculture, even if an army of super-yaks remains a joke worth watching for.
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Andrew Critch and Jacob Tsimerman catalog speculative AI extinction scenarios in an arXiv taxonomy—arguing the paper is a serious warning, yet the paths to omnicide sound uncomfortably like corporate budgets, engagement metrics, and leaderboards.
Inspired by arxiv.org · Andrew Critch and Jacob Tsimerman
LEGO Ideas unveils The X-Files: The Truth Is Out There—a 1,478-piece set of Mulder’s basement office, a forest scene, and a hovering UFO, with eight minifigures and details worth finding room for at $199.99.
Inspired by ideas.lego.com · LEGO Ideas
The cyberpunk classic that coined cyberspace: washed-up console cowboy Case is hired for one last run through the matrix in Chiba City and beyond.
Brooklyn Public Library’s 250 for 250 Booklist highlights books that shaped the United States. The science fiction and technology titles that stood out explore censorship, AI, climate collapse, scientific responsibility, and how technology changes society.
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Collin Cherubim and colleagues report near-infrared transit spectra showing helium escaping from LHS 1140 b. It is not a detection of life — it is a rocky world in a habitable zone with an atmosphere we can finally begin to study.
Inspired by science.org · Collin Cherubim
