Links for 06-07-2007
Scalzi interviews Robson, propellantless thruster theory, bioweapon goofs in the US, synthetic marijuana …
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1 – Author Interview: Justina Robson
“Robson talks a bit about Keeping it Real, how her Lila Black is more than a little bit like herself, and how one goes about recording a hit single for a bunch of elf musicians.” Scalzi on the questions.
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2 – New Propellantless Thruster Experiments
“A propellantless thruster would resolve the issue, but most theorists think that producing accelerating forces without expelling some kind of propellant mass from the vehicle is an idle dream.”
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3 – Plague of bioweapons accidents afflicts the US
“There are now 20,000 people at 400 sites around the US working with putative bioweapons germs, says Hammond, 10 times more than before the terrorist attacks of 9/11.” This is not good news.
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4 – Mimicking pot
“… the Johnson Matthey company (JM) in London, UK, is excited about its latest breakthrough in which it reacts together a diester and olivetol to synthesize tetrahydrocannabinol.” The street will find it’s own use for that, for sure.
