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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Project Mc2 - Season 1 in TV

Oct 18, 2017  
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Project MC2 | Official Trailer | Netflix

Teenage spy, McKeyla, teams up with super smart girls, Adrienne, Bryden, and Camryn, who use their science skills to help save a prince's space launch.

  
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Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Books

Jun 4, 2018  
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams | 2017 | Children, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.5 (187 Ratings)
Book Rating
I recently reread this book and can say that it was much more enjoyable the first time when my reading and viewing was steeped in science fiction. I still really enjoyed reading it and love the tongue-in-cheek nods to science fiction.

I also had a greater appreciation for the political satire this time around; Zaphod Beeblebrox especially stood out as being much more relevant to me at this point in time.
  
    The Effect

    The Effect

    Linda Hoy

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    When she began writing, Linda expected a journey into the unknown. She wasn t expecting the latest...

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Kevin Phillipson (10017 KP) rated Avalanche (1978) in Movies

Oct 14, 2019 (Updated Oct 14, 2019)  
Avalanche (1978)
Avalanche (1978)
1978 | Action, Drama
4
4.7 (3 Ratings)
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Mystery science theater 300 the return (1 more)
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Probably one of the worst disaster movies ever with some of the worst special effects ever even by 70s standards and the acting from the likes of Mia farrow and rock Hudson they must have been desperate for work probably the best part of the movie is mystery science theater 3000 the return poking fun at it and making it look good
  
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Phil Leader (619 KP) rated The Science of Discworld in Books

Nov 25, 2019  
The Science of Discworld
The Science of Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen | 2013 | Essays
9
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
If there was an award for most misleadingly titled book, this would on the shortlist. Not only is it most definitely not about the science of Discworld, it is also not some sort of shameless cash-in on a well-loved author.

What this book is, then, is a 'popular science' book, dressed up with some (typically amusing) interludes featuring the wizards of Unseen University as they try to understand how our world can work without magic and stories. Pratchett was always keen to educate, and here he tries to condense science into a single volume, using co-authors and science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen to do the hard lifting of explaining the basics and discoveries of physics, chemistry and biology.

The authors try to explain how everything really works, although they do acknowledge there is bound to be simplification (or 'lies to children') as some of the concepts are hugely complex. But it never gets boring or too difficult to read.

A superb book for anyone who just wants to understand a little bit more about science. And I still use the space elevator analogy to this day. A gem of a book, shame about the title.
  
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TacoDave (3610 KP) created a question about The Secret of Monkey Island in Video Games

Apr 1, 2020  
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Did you know that famed science fiction author Orson Scott Card ("Ender's Game") wrote dialogue for this and other Lucasarts adventure games? He specifically wrote the insults for the insult swordfights...