science fiction Ardbeg just released a sci-fi scotch-themed comic book and it's surprisingly wonderful Thom Dunn
music Country singer's cover of Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' charts higher than the original Rusty Blazenhoff
art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn
androids People are willing to endanger human lives to protect robots, according to study Mark Frauenfelder
scholarship Distinguished scientist on the mistakes pundits make when they predict the future of AI Cory Doctorow
self-driving cars Website asks you to think like a self-driving car and decide who should die Mark Frauenfelder
Action Future of California map, from Institute for the Future, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego David Pescovitz
Book The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics Mark Frauenfelder