Elysium (credit – Sony Pictures)
In ancient Greek mythology, Elysium is an afterlife place of happiness where the few chosen including heroes end up after they die.
In Neil Blomkamp’s latest sci-fi film of the same title, Elysium is a paradise, an artificially created world in the space near Earth, where everyone can live forever and any diseases can be cured.… Read the rest
Ridley Scott returns with a long-anticipated supernova explosion box office hit Prometheus, which would undoubtedly please sci-fi fans all around the world. Even the film theme the director is back with is no small.
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Okay, you may think that this is so bad. Yet another derivative sci-fi flick trying to dazzle the audience with 3D. You probably expect me to say something like: “If you are not a child or a big sci-fi fan I’d not recommend seeing it, even if you’re tempted by the 3D or threatened to be boycotted by your L’enfant terrible.” Well, I won’t say that.… Read the rest
By LASZLO ILYES from Cleveland, Ohio, USA (Lettuce Sea Slug) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Is it possible that Merlin was a real man practising wizardry? To me, Anything is possible. At least, in our imagination or in our dreams.
In the real world, however, this assumption may not be true, because to have a world in first place certain physical laws have to come into play, otherwise it may turn into a total chaos.… Read the rest
Popular science books are an established way to inform a layman about latest scientific discoveries and their applications. However, a lot of complex natural phenomena are still hard to grasp without being involved directly in the research. Many facts are better understood when visualised.… Read the rest