July 18

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Dhalgren Time-Slip is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick and Samuel Delaney.

    Dhalgren Time-Slip is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick and Samuel Delaney.

  • Barbie 2049 is a fantasy comedy science fiction thriller film directed by Greta Gerwig and Denis Villeneuve, and starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas.

    Barbie 2049 is a fantasy comedy science fiction thriller film directed by Greta Gerwig and Denis Villeneuve, and starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas.

  • Farewell Barbieland (full title: The Day After 2: Farewell Barbieland) is a fantasy comedy nuclear war film directed by Greta Gerwig and Nicholas Meyer, and starring Margot Robbie, Jason Robards, and Ryan Gosling.

    Farewell Barbieland (full title: The Day After 2: Farewell Barbieland) is a fantasy comedy nuclear war film directed by Greta Gerwig and Nicholas Meyer, and starring Margot Robbie, Jason Robards, and Ryan Gosling.

  • Salmon Fishing on Tatooine is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert.

    Salmon Fishing on Tatooine is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert.

  • Anarchimedes is a rogue mathematician and alleged time-traveler who is believed to be constructing a LEGO-powered doomsday weapon.

    Anarchimedes is a rogue mathematician and alleged time-traveler who is believed to be constructing a LEGO-powered doomsday weapon.

  • L5 Satire Associates is a provisionally licensed transdimensional corporation which manufactures and distributes satire and satire-related services to Euclidean-space organisms.

    L5 Satire Associates is a provisionally licensed transdimensional corporation which manufactures and distributes satire and satire-related services to Euclidean-space organisms.

Beyond Plausible

  • "Naked Juice Time" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

    "Naked Juice Time" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

In Other Words

  • You speak, it listens. You listen, it speaks. (Orion Nebula (M42))

    You speak, it listens. You listen, it speaks. (Orion Nebula (M42))

Are You Sure

... that geologist and astronomer Eugene Merle Shoemaker was the first scientist to conclude that Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, and similar craters, were caused by meteor impact?

... that "God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet" is an anagram of "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions"?

... that Violet Spiral 2 is digitally edited to include a black background and detailed features within the figure?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1039: Composer, mathematician, and astronomer Hermann of Reichenau born. He will write a treatise on the science of music, several works on geometry and arithmetic, and astronomical treatises (including instructions for the construction of an astrolabe, then a very novel device in Western Europe).

    1039: Composer, mathematician, and astronomer Hermann of Reichenau born. He will write a treatise on the science of music, several works on geometry and arithmetic, and astronomical treatises (including instructions for the construction of an astrolabe, then a very novel device in Western Europe).

  • 1853: Physicist and academic Hendrik Lorentz born. He will share the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.

    1853: Physicist and academic Hendrik Lorentz born. He will share the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.

  • 1872: In a lecture to the Berlin Academy, mathematician Karl Weierstrass gives the classic example of a continuous nowhere differential function.

    1872: In a lecture to the Berlin Academy, mathematician Karl Weierstrass gives the classic example of a continuous nowhere differential function.

  • 1966: Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

    1966: Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

  • 1967: Engineer, pilot, and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt tells fellow astronauts that Gemini 10 "was an inspiration to us all."

    1967: Engineer, pilot, and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt tells fellow astronauts that Gemini 10 "was an inspiration to us all."

  • 1997: Geologist and astronomer Eugene Merle Shoemaker dies. Shoemaker was the first scientist to conclude that Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, and similar craters, were caused by meteor impact.

    1997: Geologist and astronomer Eugene Merle Shoemaker dies. Shoemaker was the first scientist to conclude that Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, and similar craters, were caused by meteor impact.

Topic of the Day

Cats

  • Angus. (13 November 2020)

    Angus. (13 November 2020)

  • Tweet Free is a 1966 British drama film about Joy and George Adamson, a couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya with a Twitter-enabled tracking device.

    Tweet Free is a 1966 British drama film about Joy and George Adamson, a couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya with a Twitter-enabled tracking device.

  • Puss in Boots: Final Destination is a 2023 American horror-adventure film based on characters from Final Destination (2000) and inspired by Giovanni Francesco Straparola's fairy tale about a swashbuckling cat.

    Puss in Boots: Final Destination is a 2023 American horror-adventure film based on characters from Final Destination (2000) and inspired by Giovanni Francesco Straparola's fairy tale about a swashbuckling cat.

  • "Cats or Robots?" is an episode of the documentary reality television series Who Would Win in a Fight?

    "Cats or Robots?" is an episode of the documentary reality television series Who Would Win in a Fight?

  • Dogs and Cats is an epic modern dance interpretation of the Sphinx by canine modern dance company Monumental Barkitecture.

    Dogs and Cats is an epic modern dance interpretation of the Sphinx by canine modern dance company Monumental Barkitecture.

  • The first Cat Cosmology Conclave (11 March 2021) resolved several paradoxes, including the notorious Fermi paradox. The cats also decided who gets to play with the favorite catnip mouse toy.

    The first Cat Cosmology Conclave (11 March 2021) resolved several paradoxes, including the notorious Fermi paradox. The cats also decided who gets to play with the favorite catnip mouse toy.

  • Angus. June 24, 2019.

    Angus. June 24, 2019.

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