Iconic punk progenitor Iggy Pop is touring through the US this spring, and I caught his show in Portland, Oregon last month. As a huge Iggy fan, this tour was no small deal to me. Iggy delivered. Despite new physical limitations, he gave everything his body could give, and the set list of new and […]
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Fans, Fiction, and Representation: A New Hope
This is where we are, in the world of fans, fiction, and representation: making progress and mistakes simultaneously.
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The Miseducation of John Muir
A close examination of the wilderness icon’s early travels reveal a deep love for trees, and some ugly feelings about people.
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The Miseducation of John Muir
A close examination of the wilderness icon’s early travels reveal a deep love for trees, and some ugly feelings about people.
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Starring in Japanese Reality TV
Nagging questions and doubts remain. Have we somehow prostituted ourselves for the vicarious entertainment of television viewers? Has the private language, the intimate currency of our happy household, been debased by making it public? I had thought it would be ‘fun.’ I was wrong. But somehow it has felt like an education of sorts — […]
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What Ever Happened to Planet Vulcan?
The story of the planet closest to our sun, aptly named Vulcan, which accidentally existed for half a century.
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All Dressed Up for Mars and Nowhere to Go
The troubling truth about Mars One, a company that is planning to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars.
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What Ever Happened to Planet Vulcan?
The story of the planet closest to our sun, aptly named Vulcan, which accidentally existed for half a century.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
What Would Happen If We Lived on Mars
Cabin fever might set in quickly on Mars, and it might be contagious. Quarters would be tight. Governments would be fragile. Reinforcements would be seven months away. Colonies might descend into civil war, anarchy or even cannibalism, given the potential for scarcity. US colonies from Roanoke to Jamestown suffered similar social breakdowns, in environments that were Edenic by comparison. Some individuals might be able to endure these conditions for decades, or longer, but Musk told me he would need a million people to form a sustainable, genetically diverse civilisation.
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Elon Musk: How We’re Going to Colonize Mars
An in-depth interview with the SpaceX founder on how we could make it to Mars—and why it’s important for us to get there.
