centaur Man mods tandem bike to become the "Centaur of Attention" Rusty Blazenhoff

books Cory Doctorow's "Reverse Centaur" book — why AI is hell on workers Mark Frauenfelder

Science The fantasy of starships is no more realistic than magic Ellsworth Toohey

Space Gas giant may orbit Alpha Centauri Rob Beschizza

Games Horse racing but it's anime girls Rob Beschizza

spacecraft Not quite jumping to hyperspace, but Star Wars-esque spacecraft propulsion isn't all sci-fi Allan Rose Hill

england List of supernatural inhabitants of England Rob Beschizza

Space Planet orbiting Barnard's Star among closest so far found Rob Beschizza

Science Starliner launch a go despite helium leak Gail Sherman

SETI Strange starlight patterns could be evidence of alien technology, according to two new scientific studies David Pescovitz

NASA Meet Maggie, a solar-powered aircraft to search Mars for water Rob Beschizza

light painting An homage to Gjon Mili and Pablo Picasso's Centaur light painting Andrew Yi

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Rigellian: the science-fictional inhabitants of a bright blue star Jesse Sheidlower

AI OpenAI's ChatGPT is a decent poet and Seinfeld show writer Mark Frauenfelder

footage Pentagon: UFO vids show trash, drones Rob Beschizza

HDSF New BB series! "Updating the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction" Jesse Sheidlower

misunderstood jokes Famous French physicist's photo of Proxima Centauri was a slice of pork sausage Mark Frauenfelder

art Art worlds collide with Picasso & Mili's light drawings Andrew Yi

kyle scheele meal How this normal guy got an "influencer meal" at a convenience store chain Annie Rauwerda

COVID-19 GPT-3 is able to accurately predict a lot about COVID-19 Clive Thompson