Today's Headlines (6/13)

Strawberry Moon In Pictures

Live Science | A collection of photos from this week's Strawberry Moon, during which the moon appeared lower in the sky than it has since 2006.

A. Bertram Chandler's "The Cage"

Classics Of Science Fiction | In this short scifi puzzle story from 1957, Chandler asks a simple question: How does one intelligent species recognize another intelligent species?

Sci & Tech

Scientific breakthroughs, weird robots, and space exploration.

Science Fiction

Scifi news, reviews, time travel stories, and other fictional oddities.

We Live In A B Movie

Where science and scifi collide, proving we might actually live in a B movie.

Explore the Strange

Vaimānika Shāstra: The Curious History of the Ancient Indian Flying Machines
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Vaimānika Shāstra: The Curious History of the Ancient Indian Flying Machines

By Rob Schwarz

[Weeklies] Past Life Studies and More AI Nightmares
We Live In A B Movie

[Weeklies] Past Life Studies and More AI Nightmares

By Rob Schwarz

Even More

Is Generative AI About to Culturally Lock Us In Time?
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Is Generative AI About to Culturally Lock Us In Time?

While everyone marvels at Google’s Veo 3, I have to ask: What does the future really look like, now? Heck,...
AI Nessie Photos? Loch Ness Centre Says ‘No Thanks’
May 9, 2025
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AI Nessie Photos? Loch Ness Centre Says ‘No Thanks’

Something’s brewing over at Loch Ness, but it’s not a sea monster. It’s generative AI and weird images of humps....
[Weeklies] Do Robots Lucid Dream Of Running Marathons?
April 29, 2025
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[Weeklies] Do Robots Lucid Dream Of Running Marathons?

Have you ever had a lucid dream? You can have something close during a hypnagogic state – that period between...
[Weeklies] Dolphin Communication, Dyson Spheres & Precognitive Dreams
April 21, 2025
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[Weeklies] Dolphin Communication, Dyson Spheres & Precognitive Dreams

Welcome to Weeklies, the only weekly news roundup found here at Stranger Dimensions (as far as I know)! This time,...
Frogs Flew In 1997 – Will Humans Levitate Next?
April 16, 2025
Science & Tech

Frogs Flew In 1997 – Will Humans Levitate Next?

The year is 1997. The first DVD players have just released in the U.S., Tamagotchis are flying off store shelves,...
[Weeklies] Boaty McBoatface and the Holographic Universe
April 12, 2025
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[Weeklies] Boaty McBoatface and the Holographic Universe

Welcome to Weeklies, where I recap some of the weird science stories and tech news we’ve seen over the past...