Week: 4/26/2011 – 5/3/2011
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The mystery of the Moon’s eerie green glow
You may have heard about the green flash you can see when the sun sets. Now a photographer at the European Space Agency has captured a green flash emanating from the top of the Moon. What causes that green light?
The universe’s first stars spun around at a million miles per hour
The early cosmos might have been full of giant stars spinning 250 times faster than our own sun rotates. These strange spinstars died out after just 30 million years, but they might well have changed the universe forever.
Battlestar Galactica Online: Nick Porsche Interview
MMORPG.com:
Battlestar Galatica Online continues to see success. How has the game been growing in recent months?
Nick Porsche:
The game is growing extremely well. In fact, it has become Bigpoint’s best launch in our company’s history. In just about six weeks after the official start of the open beta, we hit one million registered players. That number is surging ahead, which is really important for the overall experience to be positive.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution preview
Deus Ex: Human Revolution has gained a slow groundswell of enthusiasm in our office. Tom keeps returning from viewings of the game, wide-eyed and grinning. “It’s like Deus Ex!”, he squeaks, before explaining the outcome of some open-ended mission. I’d slowly conditioned myself to expect a happily convoluted dialogue system, impressive characters, and a genuine feeling of choice from the game: exactly like Deus Ex. But, also exactly like Deus Ex, I hadn’t expected to get on with the combat and stealth.
‘Doctor Who’ Premiere Sets BBC America Record
BBC America’s season premiere of the British hit Doctor Who set a record for the cable network on Saturday.
Doctor Who, starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, drew 1.28 million viewers to its U.S.-filmed episode, according to Nielsen. In the adults 25-54 demographic, the premiere snagged a 0.92 rating.
First Glimpse of the Trailer for Tarsem Singh’s Immortals
Release the giant metal bunny hat! Watch Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff and Mickey Rourke pound their oiled chests in the first ever video from Tarsem Singh’s mythic movie Immortals.
Charles J. Shields has written the first real biography of Kurt Vonnegut, due out in November. And he’s been blogging about Vonnegut for a while over at his Writing Kurt Vonnegut blog, which is well worth adding to your RSS.
The list of Hugo Award nominees for 2011 are out, and will be given out at the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, taking place at Renovation in Reno, Nevada, August 17th-21st, 2011.
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