Links for 27-10-2007
Dark matter, space-time defect, Will “Sims” Wright interviewed, the pervasive gaming mindset …
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1 – A Gravitational Explanation for Dark Matter
“Stars in these galaxies do not move more slowly the farther they are from their galaxy’s core. Is dark matter the explanation?”
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2 – Defect Suspected in Fabric of Space-Time
“An enormous cold spot in our universe could be explained by a cosmic defect in the fabric of space-time created shortly after the Big Bang, scientists say.”
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3 – Q&A: Will Wright, creator of the Sims
“At some point we’re going to have direct neural connections, where you plug the thing into your brain, and the first people who do that are going to be seen as social outcasts … it will be almost like tattoos or body piercing …”
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4 – When Reality Feels Like Playing a Game, a New Era Has Begun
“… the gaming mindset has now become pervasive. We use game models to motivate ourselves, to answer questions, to find creative solutions. For many, life itself has turned into a game.”
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5 – Cancer-Killing Virus Modified to Deliver a One-Two Punch
“Researchers at Stanford University and Jennerex Biotherapeutics have tweaked the cancer-killing vaccinia virus JX-963 so that it also stimulates the body to generate cancer-fighting white blood cells.”
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6 – Locus Online: Bruce Sterling interview excerpts
“It’s not a good sign when your science fiction writers are really pragmatic and politically oriented and your politicians are lunatic visionaries who are making it up as they go along ’cause it looks good on TV. That’s the sign of a serious inversion in
