In case anyone missed it and is interested in silicon-based life in science and SF.

It's a holiday week, so in case you're looking to kill twenty minutes, I thought I'd share another of my occasional video edits of one of my early blogs. This time: A Universal Language? youtu.be/KonO871VyHk?fe… You can find the original blog entry at warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…

New blog post! Today we look at the predictability of people - or at least of populations - in Foundation's psychohistory and other science fictions. Featuring Asimov, Anderson, Harrison and McLean. Comments always welcome! warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…

Today in my #CosmicStories #ScienceAndSF blog, I'm taking a look at the fabrics of the future - textiles in science and SF, with authors including Thomas, Ballard, Landis and others, and classic SF-on-Screen, The Man in the White Suit. warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…

Two nights of bad sleep can make you feel four years older than you actually are.

Three years ago today I posted a #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog about Jodrell Bank Observatory as an icon of the future - warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…! Today I posted a 20 min video version of this blog entry, for those with less patience! youtu.be/MRleqnrOo1E

New blog entry! Today in #CosmicStories we're looking at the #ScienceandSF of Woomera - The Place of the Throwing Stick. Featuring Moore, Bryning, Chandler, Chapman, Baxter and others. Comments always welcome! warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…

Today, in a new #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog post, I take a look at neutron stars in science and science fiction! Featuring Niven, Forward, Baxter, Kotani and others. Comments always welcome :) warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…

Time for a new #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog post! Today we're looking at the collision of two cultures in narratives of time-travelling historians. Featuring Asimov, Tenn, Willis, Taylor and TV including The Time Tunnel, Doctor Who and Star Trek! warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…

In case anyone missed it last week!

It's a new blog day! Today in #CosmicStories we're looking at the #ScienceandSF of Tintin in Space - how the space adventures of Hergé's boy reporter capture a mid-twentieth century view of space and astronomy. warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/… Comments always welcome.

New post! Today in #CosmicStories, we look at the #ScienceandSF of lunar excursions - how to get around on the Moon's rugged surface. Featuring Arthur C Clarke, John M Ford and others. See warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/… Comments always welcome.

New blog post! Today I'm looking at Postal Futures - the role played by postal services and communications in science fictional civilisations. Comments always welcome! warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physic…

It's a new blog day! Today in #CosmicStories I'm looking at the #ScienceandSF of Second Satellites - the idea that Earth may have a hitherto-undiscovered second moon. Featuring Verne, Richardson, Hamilton, Baxter and others. warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/… Comments always welcome

New entry! Today in my #CosmicStories blog I'm taking a look at the #ScienceandSF of submariner spacemen - the relationship between astronauts and those trained for the deep seas. Featuring Clarke, Asimov, VTTBOTS, Dan Dare and others warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/…

Today on my #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog I'm taking a look at a fundamental technology for spaceflight - gyroscopes - in fact and science fiction. Featuring Niven, Chandler, Leinster and others. warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/… Comments always welcome!

Congrats to my student, now former-student, Dr Gareth! Also to my former undergraduate summer project student, Dr Matthew!

Today in my #CosmicStories blog I'm looking at non-terrestrial mining in #ScienceandSF. Are the resources beyond our Earth simply there for the taking? Featuring Poul Anderson, Niven, Pournelle, Star Wars, Avatar and others. warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/…

In case anyone missed it last week...

New blog day! Today in #CosmicStories I'm looking at the #scienceandSF of drowned earths - stories in which our cities have been flooded. Featuring Wyndham, Ballard and others. warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/… Comments always welcome