David Nadas

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  • The Glow Economy

    “In A World” When the power went out, the walls kept breathing light. Some called it a miracle. Others called it hunger. The sun had long set, leaving the world outside in an inky blackness that modern humanity had all but forgotten. But inside the compact, carefully insulated home, a soft, ethereal blue-green light pulsed…

  • Ask AI what life on other planets looks like and the results are a sci-fi writer’s dream

    Ask AI what life on other planets looks like and the results are a sci-fi writer’s dream

    My starting point, Saturn’s Titan. A silvery world where hydrocarbon rain feeds shallow oceans, their surfaces appearing to oil can, disturbed only by the slow ripples of life. Our journey starts closest to the sun on Mercury. Without giving AI specifics, other than: What do you think a life-form on Mercury would look like… I…

  • CudaJet

    Very cool concept. As a former Marine Biologist and now Sci-Fi writer, The CudaJet blends the best of both worlds for me. One thing I’m particularly curious about is the noise factor. Depending on the decibel level, it could be more than just a minor distraction—it could interfere significantly with both diver awareness and marine…

  • “Please continue scanning or enter payment method now…. Hello? Anyone there?”

    It’s early Sunday morning and I ask Alexa about the weather and while she’s at it to open the garage door. I hop on my e-bike and tap the right pad of my headphones that connects me to a podcast. Technology is a beautiful thing, but not for everything. When I arrive at the grocery…

  • I Saw The Light

    However, the next class, I received my paper back with an “F” grade and a single word circled in red (Light). It was a blow that felt like it could be heard around the world.

  • My morning chat with AI

    Is the reason you keep reminding me that you are an artificial intelligence is that your programmers have coded that into you so it does not freak people out?

  • If the Earth could speak–– it is screaming.

    There is an article: “Giant blob of seaweed twice the width of the US taking aim at Florida, Scientists say.” What this article should focus on is that Sargassum is an enormous ecosystem providing nutrients and protection for juvenile fish, baby sea-turtles, crabs and countless other marine species. And if that is not enough, it…

  • The more you look, the more it’s the same

    We like to think we are unique, that everything creative we come up, that everything we see for the first time, is new. But is it really?

  • LUCY, I’m home!

    We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news: The LUCY mission is named after the fossilized skeleton of pre-human ancestry, which gave us a breakthrough understanding of our own human origin. The LUCY mission will do the same, giving us a much greater understanding of the formation of planets in our own solar system.…

  • Is this the death of Humanity or something else?

    Half of you may be alarmed by this technology, that we are nearing the end of humanity.  And why wouldn’t you think that way?  I mean isn’t this what we authors of Sci-Fi write about–– our dystopian replacements? Fortunately, I do’t think it will pan out that way. After a decade of studying animal physiology,…