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Offworld
Report: Weird Science, November 2004
Iran's first satellite, the X Prize is won, a fossil dragon, robot
fish, why space access costs must, and can, drop dramatically, and
has the Great Galactic Ghoul lost its appetite for Martian probes?
11/2004
Offworld
Report: Weird Science: October 2004
NASA finds a Ring World, the space elevator is abandoned, robot
spiders, the mystery radio signal isn't aliens calling in, hydrogen
fuel gets realistic, and lunar advertising - coming to a moon near
you soon?
10/2004
Offworld
Report: Weird Science: September 2004
The latest tiny flying robot, why Martian astronauts may need replacement
body tissue, harvesting helium-3 from the Moon, the threat to humanity
from giant tsunamis and super volcanoes, and the possibility of
life on Venus.
09/2004
Offworld
Report: Weird Science: August 2004
Inflatable space stations, why we never went to the moon, the Project
Icarus study on deflecting asteroids with very large atomics, Stephen
Hawking on black holes, Cassini orbits Saturn, 'and Beagle 3' looks
for an American ride.
08/2004
Offworld
Report July 2004: Weird Science
Sir Arthur C. Clarke on terraforming, the Cassini probe closes in
on a weird moon, scientists teleport atoms, the invisible Nordic
warship, has Atlantis finally been discovered, and more SpaceShipOne
and X-prize coverage than you'll know what to do with.
07/2004
Offworld
Report June 2004: Weird Science
The Pentagon's science fiction weapons program (railgun warships,
anyone?), space tugs, a robot built out of DNA, NASA's wilder dreams,
the fantasy folk seen in Scotland, and why we should be begging
China for a decent space race.
06/2004
Offworld
Report: Weird Science - May 2004
Exploiting the resources of the solar system, the U.S. army's next
generation of robot soldiers, cloning your nearest and dearest,
new developments in gravitational microlensing, and does methane
on Mars equal the existence of primitive life?
05/2004
The
Offworld Report April 04: Weird Science
Hello planet Sedna, Hong Kong gets a robot cop, why Yellowstone
National Park may be about to exterminate all life in North America,
the Rosetta probe heads for its comet and the Pentagon's new stealth
bomber-like submarine. The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's flying
sub, anyone?
04/2004
The
Offworld Report March 04: Weird Science
Is Europa corrosive, Black hole found ripping a star apart, a prescription
for fixing NASA, the first robot Humvee (hello Mr Knight) and why
the Pentagon is preparing for a war in space.
03/2004
Offworld
Report: Weird Science - Feb '04
Plenty of articles on Mars missions and moon bases, a look back
at the top scientific advances of 2003, a new supersolid state of
matter is discovered, and why the Earth's magnetic field is fading
fast.
02/2004
The
Offworld Report: Weird Science: January 2004
A look at the problems of interstellar flight, the frosty mountains
of Venus, and why the founder of PayPal is now looking to ride to
orbit on kerosene.
01/2003
Offworld
Report: December '03: Weird Science
Scientists engineer the first artificial virus, the Pentagon begins
production of battlefield laser cannons, 200,000 years old carvings
of faces cause a stir, hydrogen cars revisited, and sales of robot
domestics shoot up.
12/2003
Offworld
Report - Weird Science: November 2003
Martial arts robots hit Asia, the day a meteorite crashed through
my roof, China sparks a new space race, and life across the stars:
they're now betting on the system 37 Gem .
11/2003
October
2003 Offworld Report: Weird Science
Why the US military want to unleash a new fleet of robot-controlled
aerial vehicles, Arthur C. Clarke talks at the Los Alamos Space-elevator
Conference, plans for a bacterial battery, Erich von Däniken wants
a Themepark of the Gods, and why Cold Fusion scientists feel unloved.
10/2003
Sept
'03 Offworld Report: Weird Science
The Loch Ness Monster is dead, the pulse-engine gets ready to replace
the jet engine, DNA computing evolves, the Pentagon plans their
nanotech warrior, and Russian scientists announce their plans to
construct a nuclear power station on Mars.
09/2003
Waterworld
Revisited
If an asteroid crashes into the Earth, it is likely to splash down
somewhere in the oceans that cover 70 percent of the planet's surface.
The result? A massive tsunami sweeping the Atlantic Coast, says
this new research.
07/2003
The
Big Bam Boom
John Aegard takes a bemused look at the Orion Project, where NASA
and its chums were planning to hurl a spaceship into orbit and beyond
by riding the blast generated by a series of atomic explosions.
10/2002
When
Gravity Falls
What comes up must come down? Not according to the latest Russian
research into antigravity. Our own Stephen Hunt investigates, and
finds a potpourri of secret science, half-truths and tantalizing
rumours of the soviet 'Roswell'.
09/2002
Moving
With The Times
An American Physicist believes he has discovered
how to visit the past, driven on by a terrible personal tragedy.
05/2002
The
Observation Deck
Includes scientist's new evidence on the
Chinese 'Atlantis' - not to mention an interesting offer for you
from the desk of Future Orbits magazine.
05/2002
Do
Robot Cats Dream Of Electric Mice?
Our pals in Japan are about to inflict an odd new robot cat on the
Christmas gift buying public. But beware; it's freakier than a badly
translated anime flick.
11/2001
Saving
The Robot Sentries
Somebody in the Land of Oz has watched Aliens The Special Edition
once too often. We bring you pictures of the robot sentry –
with a rate of firepower that makes a mini-gun look like a musket.
11/2001
Out,
Talking The Dog
The good news is that someone in Japan's invented the Universal
Translator, as seen in many a fine episode of Trek. The bad news
is that you can only use it to talk to your damn dog.
10/2001
US
Military Want Starship Troopers, But For Real This Time!
Those jokers in the US military are paying to develop a suit of
powered battle armour after reading Starship Troopers once too often.
What next, a plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?
02/2001
Fantasy
Toy Brainwashed My Child - Mother Cries For Vengeance
If you got one of your young relatives a furry talking toy for
Christmas, you had better check that it wasn't made in a dodgy part
of China. Read about this poor child's fantasy toy nightmare.
01/2001
Asteroid
Relief? About Blooming Time
The British government want to save you from a killer asteroid strike
that could return life on Earth to a primeval soup. But is it too
little too late?
10/2000
Man
Builds Mecha. For Real
If you're a fan of Japanese toons and comics, that ubiquitous anime
or manga, then you're probably no stranger to the massive robot
fighting machines which features so heavily in entertainment in
the land of the rising sun. Our chums in America might have had
a little too much exposure though, because the team at Mecha-PS
are now building a real life Mecha robot fighting machine. Read
the interview here.
05/2000
Phasers
On Stun
Someone had developed a stun gun, for real. Coming to a peace keeping
operation near you soon!
02/2000
James
Bond Gets A Search Engine
The spy community now has a search engine, but its very bad manners
are turning web masters across the web into double agents for cyber
terrorism.
02/2000
Talk
To The Aliens
It's SETI in reverse.
09/1999
Mutant
Chickens Breath Underwater
Genetic engineering may have taken a wrong turn somewhere. Read
what the Japanese are planning now.
09/1999
Hair
Today, In An Alien Zoo Tomorrow
Planning to send your hair into space? Just don't do it.
06/1999
Alien
Call Screening
SETI are back!
06/1999
The
Pyramids Of Mars
God's camera angle and a trick of the light, or something more?
We interview The Mars Project Team.
04/1996
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