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Earlier today, President Obama spoke at the Kennedy Space Center, outlining the future of the US space program, including a $6 billion budget increase and plans to go to Mars. Here are highlights from his speech. More »
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Right now President Obama is outlining his goals for the future of the US space program. We've got the live feed below. More »
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Today in Florida, President Obama will announce his new goals for the NASA space program. Robots will go to space instead of humans. And Americans may never walk on the Moon again. But is that a bad thing? More »
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V exceeded many people's expectations last night, getting 13.9 million viewers and coming first among adults aged 18-49. But is the show just one big anti-Obama screed, as some have claimed? We'll answer that question... with spoilers. More »
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I no longer listen to The Onion Radio News for humor, but with a tinge of hope that some day, this will all be real and mutants and humans will find peace. Just listen: More »
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Sounds like our president is suffering from BSG withdrawal - So say we all. [The Onion] More »
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While you're all waiting for news about Obama's stimulus plan, you're forgetting the most important thing the president should be doing. Formulating a UFO policy. Luckily, UFO experts have some advice for him. More »
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Major plot points from Battlestar Galactica were also front page headlines over the past few years: terrorism, secret tribunals, prisoner abuse, war. Will the show continue to feel relevant with Obama running America? More »
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Popular Science posted this amazing satellite image of Barack Obama's inauguration, two million people captured in amazing crispness by commercial satellite GeoEye-1. There's another fantastic pic at the link. [PopSci] More »
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We were so inspired by this morning's inauguration, we went scouring the internet for otherworldly images of our new president. And we found tons of Vulcan Obama and "Robama" images. So wait, which is he? More »
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Ever since Barack Obama announced that he would be getting his daughters Malia and Sasha a puppy, dog-lovers have speculated on the breed of the future First Pooch. But we suspect the perfect dog for the Obamas is, in fact, a robot. A robotic pet won’t aggravate Malia’s allergies, and it would help solidify Obama’s position as the technology president. Here are ten real robotic pets that the Obamas should consider making a part of the First Family. More »
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Fight evil piggies as the new president elect, in the icy world of Super Mario with a touch of Alaska. Run, jump, slide and trample the competition as Super Mario Obama while you make your way across the snowy state grabbing American flags and jumping on attacking racks of clothes. Check it out for yourself, and kiss good bye any notions of productivity you may have had for the day. [Super Obama World] More »
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Now that Barack Obama has been elected president, reports are pouring in from the future to let us know what to expect from the next four to eight years. While some of these posts from the future depict Obama’s America as a big government, anti-Christian nightmare, others assure us that the new administration will usher in a post-racial, pro-technology utopia. Has the Obama election brought us a new brand of optimistic near-future science fiction? More »
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Seven minutes before the polls closed, CNN decided to show off their new super power hologram technology just one more time, by "beaming in" Obama supporter and musician Wil.I.Am, Princess Leia-style, from his Chicago location. We'd seen Wolf Blitzer toying with the virtual-commentator equipment all night, but watching Cooper and Wil.I.Am. name check both Star Trek and Star Wars within five seconds of speaking to each other was by far the funniest moment of this surreal election night. More »
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Bookmaker Paddy Power is giving 1-10 odds that Barack Obama will win tomorrow’s election. But we still don't know what'll really happen on election day — and right afterwards. Will an Obama administration have the funds to bring about his promised changes? Will President McCain survive a full four-year term? Could some dark horse emerge at the last second to stage an election upset? Five Dials magazine asked eleven writers to speculate on who will win the presidency, and what the post-election future holds.Hamish Hamilton More »
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With the Presidential election less than a week away, it looks like the campaign is taking a more scifi turn as it heads into the home stretch. We've heard about the McCain campaign's controversial use of robocalls, but the Obama campaign is going one better, and using full-on robots to get out the vote. More »
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John McCain and Barack Obama may seem as different as night and day, but there are a good number of folks still on the fence as to who will get their vote. Where debates, stump speeches, and lectures on voting records have failed, maybe science fiction will save the day. Supporters on both sides of the aisle are crafting speculative fiction in hopes of swaying votes toward their candidate. More »
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This week, we learned the shocking truth about Barack Obama: that he is the last son of Krypton, sent by Jor-El to save the people of Earth. While it’s unusual for a presidential candidate to claim an alien planet as their place of birth (after all, it might disqualify them from the race), Obama certainly wouldn’t be the first candidate to claim an interest in, or experience with alien life. More »
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You can watch the American presidential debates and allow Barack Obama and John McCain to move you emotionally, or you can convert what they say into easily-analyzed data structures. C-SPAN's awesomely wonky graphic designers have created several easy ways for you to analyze as objectively as possible which candidate spoke the longest, interrupted the most, and used the word "taxes" more often. At left, you can see their word frequency chart, looking at which words were used most and when. We also have part of an elaborate chart showing which candidate grandstanded the most on various topics. More »
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Poor Homer — our favorite Simpsons dad never gets a break, even when he's trying to vote. We mentioned earlier that this years "Treehouse of Terror" episode was going to have a lot more creepy scifi in it, so check out what happens when Homer tries to vote for Obama. The special will air on November 2. More »
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Jeff Peckman, who came to national attention earlier this year when he launched a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver and later announced that he possessed actual footage of a live ET, continues his campaign to thrust alien life into the political limelight. This week, he invited Barack Obama to hear a briefing on UFOs and extraterrestrial life from a private citizen's perspective. Adjust your tin foil hat and find out what Peckman has to say to the presidential candidate and why he wants to say it before the election. More »
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We lived through the Obama vs. Clinton YouTube smackdowns, and now we're entering the age of Obama vs. McCain. Already Paris Hilton has contributed to a "grassroots" Obama ad which compares McCain to Yoda (hell, it's true that Yoda is a veteran of the Clone Wars). But that brief diss on Yoda gave us an idea. What scifi characters would work best in political attack ads? Take our poll, below, and cast your vote for which scifi attack ads you want to see most. More »
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