Sci-Fi Meet Reality: One Sonic Screwdriver Coming Up


Updated 04/19/12 11:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Invented

First there's news of a real-life Star Trek Tricorder, and now our science fiction fantasies continue to become reality with word that scientists in Scotland have created their own version of Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver, the device he uses to scan alien beings to check their universal origins and get out of his infamously sticky situations. Researchers from Dundee University created a machine Read more

Geeky Inspiration For Your Wedding Vows and Readings


Updated 04/19/12 1:54 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Geeky Wedding Vows

We draw a lot of inspiration from TV and film for our real-life events — hello, Battlestar Galactica party! —so if you and your betrothed are passionate about a certain show (or it was something that brought you together in the first place), there's no reason to leave it out of your wedding day. Don't want to go all-out for a themed wedding? Consider incorporating these words of love into Read more

The Hunger Games and 13 Other Frequently Challenged Sci-Fi Books


Updated 04/17/12 3:15 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Banned Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

This month the American Library Association updated its list of frequently challenged books for the 2011 year, and one wildly popular novel is making its way up the rankings of this infamous list. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, which first appeared at number five of Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books in 2010, is now third on the list for attempts to remove its contents from Read more

7 Glasses Straight Out of Science Fiction


Updated 04/09/12 5:21 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Futuristic Glasses From the Movies

Google unveiled its Project Glass specs last week, which brings your virtual life into the real world (sort of), thanks to augmented reality. If you think these glasses look like they've jumped right out of a futuristic flick, you're not alone. We hunted down a few other sci-fi specs that we might like to wear and a few we hope never come to pass. Read more

10 Movies We Want to See in 3D


Updated 04/02/12 8:26 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Movies to See in 3D

Ever wish you could go back and watch your favorite movies in 3D? Lucky for Titanic fans, the epic 90s film is being rereleased in 3D this week! You will soon be able to relive your Leonardo DiCaprio crush in three dimensions! Of course, we're of the camp that says you shouldn't convert films to 3D just for the sake of jumping on the bandwagon. It needs to serve a purpose. But there are a few Read more

A Few of NASA's Top Planetary Picks For Extraterrestrial Life


Updated 03/29/12 8:57 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

New Planets Discovered by NASA

NASA has discovered yet another planet in our solar system that contains water. Saturns brightest moon, Enceladus, has been found to contain stress fractures on its icy surface that expand and contract as it circles Saturn. Such a flexible surface can only mean one thing — a planet covered in water. What's more, the water below the frozen surface could be hot, and with hot water comes Read more

It's Here! Doctor Who Season 7 Preview


Updated 03/27/12 5:30 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Doctor Who Season 7 Preview Video

Fans at the weekend's Doctor Who Convention were the first to get a look at the trailer for series seven, and thankfully now we can all share in the sci-fi magic. Watch as The Doctor winds up in an American-style Western complete with a sheriff badge, a pistol-wielding Amy Pond, and yes, even a Stetson-clad Timelord. Watch a preview of what appears to be the most explosive Doctor Who episode yet Read more

Like Hunger Games? Add These Sci-Fi Classics to Your Bookshelf


Updated 03/26/12 12:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Battle Royale and Other Books and Movies Like the Hunger Games

If you're like us and read the entire Hunger Games trilogy in a week, you're ready for more novels set within a dystopian future where citizens are nothing but pawns for a totalitarian ruler. Round out your science-fiction collection with these four tales of a frightening fate. Read these books and make sure the future is nothing like what the author warns us about. Of course, we might like it Read more

9 Oscar-Nominated Films For Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Space Geeks


Updated 02/26/12 11:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Oscar Nominated Sci-Fi Films

The Oscars are this weekend, and while the sci-fi and fantasy genres are generally absent from the best picture category, that doesn't mean there haven't been some amazing nominees in the past. Though not all of them actually took home the big best picture prize, queue up these geektastic films this weekend for a totally Oscar-worthy night in. Read more

The Astronomical Cost of a Death Star


Updated 02/21/12 5:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

The Cost of Building a Real Death Star

Want to a Death Star to call your own and to preside over galactic domination? That'll be a cool $852,000,000,000,000,000. According to a group of Lehigh University economics students who calculated the total, that's 13,000 times the world's entire gross domestic product. The student team researched all necessary business practicalities in determining the real-world cost of the Empire's famous Read more