Volume 19 Issue 9

  • Stuff

    Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now?

    Two years ago, Rich Terrile appeared on 'Through the Wormhole,' the Science Channel’s show about the mysteries of life and the universe. He was invited onto the program to discuss the theory that the human experience can be boiled down to something...

    Ben Makuch
  • Tech

    A Puzzle

    This is a short story by Lem that has remained unpublished in English until now. Its subject matter concerns a cyborg doctor of magnetics, robotic theology, “Jelly Brains,” and a lot of other esoteric and interesting topics.

    Stanisław Lem
  • The Weird Science Issue

    Future Dude

    Sigh... Nobody loves me...

    Johnny Ryan
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  • The Weird Science Issue

    Letter from the Guest Editor

    I looked deep and found things that palpate the tender abdomen of what we call science with a cold, ungloved finger. Inhale the alkyl nitrites of curiosity and penetrate the puckered sphincter of knowledge, scientia!

    Hamilton Morris
  • Food

    Don’t Eat Those Carnitas

    Pork tapeworms are tiny nutrient-starved horrors that use scythelike appendages to claw their way into the brains of humans. Once there, they bore cysts through the gray matter in much the same way that a garden-variety worm tunnels through an apple.

    Kinsey Paulson
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