Offworld Report: Weird Science - May 2004

Exploiting the resources of the solar system, the U.S. army's next generation of robot soldiers, cloning your nearest and dearest, new developments in gravitational microlensing, and does methane on Mars equal the existence of primitive life?

Could nanomachines be tomorrow's doctors?
DNA computer diagnoses disease and dispenses drug.

Utilizing ET Wealth
The biggest challenge of the 21st century will be to promote prosperity in the developing world. Gregory Anderson describes how the vast resources of the solar system could accomplish this.

Battling Bots
The next generation of robots that will help American soldiers in battle

Shuttle Launch Soon?
NASA is on schedule but challenges remain.

Attack of the Clones
Clone your lost loved one? Yeah, right.

Earth Ending Soon?
Bruce Sterling looks at some weird stuff happening on this planet of ours.

Catch A Solar Wind
Stunt pilots wanted to chase solar wind particles.

Lunar base divide experts
Scientists are fighting about the use of the Moon as a base to develop ways to travel to Mars.

Enigma Titan
What this oil-rich moon may may reveal when the Cassini probe begins to orbit Saturn.

The Space-Time Fabric
NASA's new satellite to test Einstein's space-time predictions.

A Roving We Shall Go
A look at old, current and new designs for a Lunar Roving Vehicle.

New Planet, Magnified
Discovering new worlds using the gravitational microlensing technique.

My Drone The Killer
Unmanned military aircraft get nasty new teeth.

Methane on Mars Signals Life?
Just what does the methane found in the Martian atmosphere signify. Volcanoes or life?

Annexing Mars
Do we have the right to move into the Red Planet?

I Never Did Mind About The Small Things
Nanomaterials are an environmental hazard.

Matching Mars to Meteorites
The similarity between meteorites found in Antarctica and rocks on Mars.

The feminization of American space policy
When Bush unveiled his new space plan, one major theme was missing from his speech.

Virtual Peace for the Middle East
Why a multiplayer game could bring peace to the Holy Land.

Metal coolant adds to space junk risk
Soviet junk revealed as danger to satellites and the shuttle.

The 5,000 Mph Jet
Unpiloted jet reaches seven times the speed of sound.

ET Blank
The most sensitive search yet for radio signals from life in space draws a blank.

Future space technologies
What are the fundamental technologies critical for space exploration in the next few decades?

The Greatest Catastrophe on Earth
Why did seven of every ten species on Earth disappear 250 million years ago.

Aquaculture Reloaded
Getting fishy for an underwater future.

Probe Flotilla
Why the next decade will be looked back on as the golden age of solar system exploration.

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Dreaming Of The Compass Rose Fantasy author Vera Nazarian is quizzed by our Donna on making the Nebula Award Preliminary Ballot and how she was forced to flee the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. (AUTHOR INTERVIEWS) Out of the Labyrinth Howard Hendrix, author of The Labyrinth Key, on writing historically real characters, the political component of his fiction, and Howard's guide to quantum physics. (AUTHOR INTERVIEWS) Offworld Report: Science fiction - May 2004 Interviews with writers Stanislaw Lem, Thomas Harlan, and Neal Stephenson, James Patrick Kelly examines FTL online, a look at the ten best science fiction film directors of all time, and new trailer downloads for Alien vs. Predator, Thunderbirds and I, Robot. (NEWS) Offworld Report: Weird Science - May 2004 Exploiting the resources of the solar system, the U.S. army's next generation of robot soldiers, cloning your nearest and dearest, new developments in gravitational microlensing, and does methane on Mars equal the existence of primitive life? (NEWS) Hellboy (Frank reviews) Franks discovers that in director Guillermo Del Toro’s fantasy actioner Hellboy, there’s nothing generic or artificial about the movie's flame-throwing crusader determined to stamp out evil at any cost. (FILM REVIEWS) Hellboy (Mark reviews) Mike Mignola's comic book character Hellboy comes to the screen in high visual style but none too coherently. Our Mark considers that Guillermo del Toro does a better job directing than adapting this story from graphic novel to screen. (FILM REVIEWS) Kill Bill Volume Two The follow up installment of Tarantino’s ridiculously sensationalistic sword slashing cinema is welcomed by Frank with eager open arms. (FILM REVIEWS) Dawn of the Dead Frank sits down to watch Zack Snyder’s surprisingly winning remake of the flesh-eating fable Dawn of the Dead. (FILM REVIEWS) Cody Banks 2: Destination London The misguided adventures of the awkward junior secret agent continue in the mind numbing and anemic sequel Cody Banks 2: Destination London. Quite frankly, Frank reckons that Cody & company need to consider quitting the spy business altogether. (FILM REVIEWS) Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed America’s favorite cowardly canine and his crime-fighting cohorts are back for round two in the meager follow-up film, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. They would have got away with it too, if it wasn't for you damn meddling cinema goers! (FILM REVIEWS) RSS and Science Fiction: The Definitive Guide There's a whole new universe opening up online for the SFF genre using the Internet's new RSS technology. But what the heck is RSS, how do you get it, and why should you care? (ARTICLES) Adolf Hitler: Man or Myth? Scots SFF author Ken MacLeod thinks it's time for the British to blush, as a new survey reveals that large swathes of the UK's population think Conan was real and The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells's fictional account of a Martian invasion, actually happened. (COMMENT)

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