On the show this week: A Different View ** Tech We Didn't Know You Needed ** CQ: Have we fundamentally changed as a civilization in the last two hundred years -- and will we change again in another 200? Or are all the changes really superficial and circumstantial? Full list of 10 articles after the jump!

On the show this week: Space Enough For Anyone ** Slyborg ** Making It Up As We Get Along ** CQ: If you won the big lottery tomorrow, would you have 100% leisure time, or would you choose to work for a salary still?

On the show this week: From Here To Beyond ** CQ: Isn't gravy just really thick soup?

This episode is a continuation of articles from episode 395.

This episode is a second-half of articles collected in episode 393.

On the show this week: To The Moon, Alice ** Post-End of the World ** Disruptive ** CQ: What song would you send to greet our alien cousins? Full list of 19 articles after the jump!

On the show this week: Someone Made This Real ** Unusual Science ** Missing Things Found ** Unreal Intelligence ** CQ: When we bring dinosaurs back from extinction, will we use them on the moon, on Mars or on Earth first? Full list of 18 articles after the jump!

On the show this week: Revisible; Off-planet Casual; By the Numbers; CQ: With the age of the Internet, we can experience things from all over the world in an instant, and integrate them into our personal culture -- but does that mean that the notion of "regional" or "national" culture are doomed to fade?

On the show this week: Think Different. Pray Same.; Space For Filling; Non-Traditional; CQ: Which industry will be disrupted first: the clothing industry, when robotic tailors can custom-make clothing locally rather than ship them, or the travel industry, when we can VR remote into robotic surrogates?

My friends (Nax, Marie and Pat) join me to chat about what we enjoyed from Hal-Con, what we'd like to see, and what makes a con something we want to attend.