Astronomy » Cosmic Stories Blog (tag [Scientific ethics])

There for the taking

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Looking at resource mining beyond the constraints of the familiar earth.

The Predictability of People

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Looking at stories of population manipulation and the statistical predictability of people.

Swords of Damocles

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 06:00:00 GMT

The fiction and threat of swords of Damocles hanging over all our heads - orbital weapons platforms.

Monsters in the Dark

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 05:00:00 GMT

Space Nazis... enough said

I am Become Death

Sun, 07 May 2023 05:00:00 GMT

The Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs, and in doing so changed the world. Here we look at representations of the Project in SF.

Error and Trial

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 06:00:00 GMT

Trial and error is an essential element of the scientific process, but it is seldom portrayed accurately in popular culture. Here we take a look at the relatively rare representations of less clear cut and more fallible scientific investigations.

Weather Control

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:00:00 GMT

The ability to control the weather has been one of the goals of science for decades - with limited success - and, inevitably, science fiction has explored its possibilities and possible consequences.

Atomic Futures

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 06:00:00 GMT

In the science fiction of the 1940s, 50s and 60s atomic power is ubiquitous, to the extent that it permeates domestic as well as industrial and military settings. But just how common is this atomic future in science fiction, and what can we learn from its rise and fall?

Appointment in Tomorrow

Sun, 18 Sep 2022 05:00:00 GMT

Exploring a 1950s short story and radio play which itself critiques the relationship between science and science fiction

Aquatic Humanity

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 07:00:00 GMT

Tales of people under the sea are likely as old as humanity. In more recent times, fantasy has been succeeded by science fiction which explores what it would mean for humanity to live as natives in water, and how that might be achieved.