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New blog! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm looking at the #ScienceandSF of think tanks and scientific hothouses i.e. intensive science research centres. Featuring Eureka, Doctor Who, Star Trek and work by Asimov, Higgins, Smith and others

www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstorie...

Comments always welcome
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November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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New #CosmicStories blog post! Today, we're looking at #SpyFi - the glorious overlap between espionage, #ScienceandSF and what it tells us about how science is perceived. Featuring The Man from UNCLE. The Avengers, James Bond and others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstorie...

Comments always welcome!
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November 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
It's a new #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog day! I'm returning to home ground of #astronomy with a look at Habitable Exomoons. Featuring Star Trek, Star Wars, Avatar and works by Asimov and Chambers amongst others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...

Comments welcome!
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October 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm looking at narratives of Earth's overpopulation in #ScienceandSF. Featuring Hershey, Harrison, Silverberg, Soylent Green, Logan's Run and others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...

Comments always welcome!
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October 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New #ScienceandSF blog post! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm taking a look at Living Starships - featuring Star Trek, Babylon 5, Farscape and works by Justina Robson, Kameron Hurley and others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...

Comments always welcome.
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September 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog post! Today in #CosmicStories I look at humanity on trial in #scienceandSF. Featuring Williamson, Haldeman, Clifton, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Stranger on Venus and #StarTrek: The Next Generation amongst others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...

Comments always welcome.
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September 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog! Today in #CosmicStories I'm taking a look at the #ScienceandSF of the intramercurial planet Vulcan. Featuring stories from Rocklynne, Brackett, Cummings, Vincent and others. Comments always welcome.

www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstorie...

#ScienceFiction #Astronomy
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August 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm taking a look at the #ScienceandSF of oxygen... the deadliest gas. Featuring examples from Clarke, Thomas, Chain, Follett, Rocklynne and others.

Comments always welcome!

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...
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August 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog day! Today in #CosmicStories I look at small time shifts in #ScienceandSF - are they really a recipe for invisibility? Including examples from Aldiss, Bayley, Rusch and others. Comments always welcome.

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/one_step_out/
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July 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New post day! Today in #CosmicStories, I take a look at the #ScienceandSF of Language and Linguistics, featuring works by Elgin, Vance, Delany, Sheckley and Masson amongst others, as well as Star Trek, Arrival and more.

Comments always welcome.

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...
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June 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog day! Today in #CosmicStories I'm taking a look at the protections and perils of personal shields in science and SF, including examples from Asimov, Anderson, Stargate Atlantis, Smith and others. Comments always welcome!

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...

#scienceandSF
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June 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog post! Today in my #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog, I'm returning to #Astronomy and looking at red dwarf stars and their planets in science and science fiction. Including works by Blish, Chambers, Asimov, Latham, Steele and others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstorie...

Comments welcome!
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May 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog! Today in #CosmicStories I take a look at the #scienceandSF of museums - how the guardians of the past relate to the literature of the future. Featuring Morris, Wells, Doctor Who, @kristinerusch.bsky.social, Bates and others.

warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstorie...

Comments always welcome!
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May 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog post day! Today I'm looking at symbiosis in science and science fiction. Featuring Star Trek, Stargate, Varley, Liu, Aldiss and others. Comments always welcome

warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstorie...

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

#CosmicStories #ScienceandSF
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April 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog day! Today, in #CosmicStories, I thought I'd stay close to home and focus on representations of academic research physicists in #ScienceandSF. Including works by Asimov, Le Guin, Liu, Benford, Renmore and others. Comments welcome!

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/the_noble_science
Man looking up at planet. Detail from cover illustration for The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin. Title of and link to blog: www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/the_noble_science
April 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
Three years ago today, over on the Other Place, I was looking at the #ScienceandSF of rogue planets - the wandering worlds which are the target of both #astronomy surveys and #sciencefiction authors!

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/rogue_planets

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A jupiter-sized rogue planet in front of a spiral arm.
March 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
tiylaya.bsky.social
It's a new #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog day! This time I'm looking at the crucial role of technicians in both #Science and #ScienceFiction. Featuring Red Dwarf, Star Trek, Doctor Who and novels by Murray Leinster and others. Comments always welcome!

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...
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March 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
Time for a flashback. Three years ago today in #CosmicStories I was taking a look at aquatic humanity - the #ScienceandSF of humans adapted to exist in ocean environments - including Doctor Who and works by Saulter, Stephenson and Sinclair. Comments always welcome!

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Fish people, as seen in 1960s Doctor Who.
March 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog post! Four years and a day after I started #CosmicStories, I'm taking a look at the Ultimate Identity Theft in #ScienceandSF - identity replication. Featuring Star Trek, Bradbury, Bujold and others. Comments always welcome!

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStories/ultimate_identity_theft
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February 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New post! Today in my #CosmicStories #ScienceandSF blog, I'm taking a look at some of the more ambitious transport networks in science fiction, featuring transatlantic tunnels, monorails and more.

Comments always welcome.

www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/a_journey_too/
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February 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
It's a new #CosmicStories blog day! Today, I'm looking at the #ScienceandSF representation of those with short stature. Featuring works by Asimov, Leinster, Chambers and Bujold, Doctor Who and others.

Comments (or corrections) always welcome.

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January 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
New blog post! My first #CosmicStories post of 2025 looks at The Power of the Sun: space-based solar power (known as #SBSP or #SSP) in #ScienceandSF. Featuring Leinster, Gernsbach, Thunderbirds and others. Comments always welcome!

warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...
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January 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
It's a new #CosmicStories blog day! Today it's #astronomy related, as I'm taking a look at the #ScienceandSF of Saturn's moon Titan in science and science fiction. Featuring Clarke, Baxter, Swanwick, Nourse, Doctor Who and others. Comments are always welcome!

www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie...
Graphic of Titan with text title of blog.
December 29, 2024 at 8:04 AM
tiylaya.bsky.social
Investing the Christmas-NewYear lull time working on new Cosmic Stories #ScienceandSF blog entries to take us into the new year. Just as a reminder, a couple of weeks ago I posted on #mycology, #mycelial networks and #fungi 🍄 in #sciencefiction! New entry coming up on Sunday as usual!
tiylaya.bsky.social Elizabeth Stanway @tiylaya.bsky.social · Dec 15
It's a new blog post day! Today in #CosmicStories, I take a look at the #ScienceandSF of #fungi and mycelial networks. Featuring examples from Tepper, Thompson, Avatar, Star Trek Discovery and others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/natures_sf_internet/

Comments always welcome
Image of a science fictional mycelial network with text pointing to the blog.
December 27, 2024 at 4:11 PM
tiylaya.bsky.social
It's a new blog post day! Today in #CosmicStories, I take a look at the #ScienceandSF of #fungi and mycelial networks. Featuring examples from Tepper, Thompson, Avatar, Star Trek Discovery and others.

www.warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/natures_sf_internet/

Comments always welcome
Image of a science fictional mycelial network with text pointing to the blog.
December 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM