Huge blob in space, world happiness map, David Gemmell RIP…

• 1 – The State of Science Fiction
  Lou Anders speaks.
  (tags: literature writing books sf scifi fiction science state current Anders Lou)
• 2 – Newfound Blob is Biggest Thing in the Universe
  It’s a blob of gas and galaxies. And it’s very big. VERY big.
  (tags: galaxies bubbles gas blob universe object biggest cosmology space)
• 3 – How to Manipulate the TV News
  How many times do I have to link to Edelman before you put him in your RSS feeds, damn it?
  (tags: marketing sales propaganda releases PR manipulation reportage news television)
• 4 – Fantasy writer Gemmell dies at 57
  RIP. I’m not a big fantasy reader these days, but Gemmell’s work always had a unique flavour to it, thanks to his realistic treatment of ‘heroic’ figures. My thoughts go to his family.
  (tags: books obituary literature writer genre author fantasy Gemmell David)
• 5 – First Ever World Map of Happiness Produced
  Does what it says on the tin – results not astonishingly surprising, either.
  (tags: nations economics welfare health sociology research happiness map world)
• 6 – Fingerprint sensor in your wallet
  Biometric tech is looking smaller, thinner nad more effective all the time. Odds are good it’ll still get hacked pretty fast, though.
  (tags: film thin technology identification lock security biometric sensor fingerprint electronic)
• 7 – A Fine Drizzle on Titan
  The Huygens probe indicates some serious weather systems on Titan – drizzle, rain storms and choppy lakes, all made of methane.
  (tags: life cycle liquid lakes rain methane probe Huygens satellite moon Titan Saturn space)
• 8 – Cycle numberplate plan to catch lawless riders
  Ken Livingstone isn’t content with Big Brother-ing the motorists – now it’s time for the cyclists to be watched, too. This seems to ignore the fact that most cyclists break traffic laws because the roads aren’t safe for them.
  (tags: control traffic panopticon surveillance cameras bicycles licences plates number Livingstone Ken London UK)