Science Fiction & Fantasy
by Andrew Liptak
There is no better example of how science fiction’s tendency to try and imagine a plausible future is like throwing a dart at a moving target than Larry Niven’s 1964 short story “The Coldest Place.” Up to that point, astronomers widely believed that the planet Mercury was tidally locked to the Sun: its rotation matched that of its orbit and as a result, only one side ever faced the Sun, meaning that its dark side would have been much cooler. Niven took that bit of knowledge and incorporated it into his story his first and sent it off to Frederik Pohl’s
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This month the Pentagon will release its much-awaited UFO report. Extraterrestrial buffs think theyâll be vindicated - but theyâve gotten a bit ahead of themselves
An image from an unclassified video taken by US Navy pilots depicting âunidentified aerial phenomenaâ. Photograph: DoD/AFP/Getty Images
An image from an unclassified video taken by US Navy pilots depicting âunidentified aerial phenomenaâ. Photograph: DoD/AFP/Getty Images
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There is a tidal wave of interest building up around an imminent Pentagon report on the subject of UFOs, or, as they are often referred to now, UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). A sense of heady enthusiasm has swept over the UFO community, whose members, after suffering years being marginalized as harmless eccentrics, finally feel a sense of vindication and excitement for the coming disclosure.