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Five Films for a Phantasmagoric Final Other Worlds
Blast off for one more weekend of wonder as the film fest bids adieu
"...with the best, strangest, most provocative and entertaining of science fiction and horror stories and documentaries. This year, it..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Regenerative Agriculture Can Save the Southwest
We can end drought by restoring soil and local water cycles
"...Elizabeth Heilman is a Ph.D. science educator at Wichita State University who also works helping..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Column by Elizabeth Heilman

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 25 - December 1
"...GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The TV science fiction show Legends of Tomorrow features a ragtag team..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Art and Science
"...has so little in the way of art and science. It is shameful that we pride ourselves on noisy..."

Nov. 17, 2022 Postmarks

Preserving the Future of the Texas Memorial Museum
After years of neglect and underfunding, Austin’s only natural history museum reconsiders its role
"...its funding. A restructuring of UT's College of Natural Sciences in 2013 cost the museum most of its funding...."

Nov. 18, 2022 Arts Feature by Claire Stevens

We Have an Issue: Where the Wild Things Are
What's going on at Texas Memorial Museum?
"...on the third floor. The University of Texas' only science museum, TMM has had a tough stretch of years,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

A Tale of Three Sisters
Lessons from Indigenous agriculture
"...to TEK, or traditional ecological knowledge, also called "Native science" or "Indigenous knowledge." That means information about farming from..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Food Feature by A. Richmond

Autonomous Vehicles Seek Traction in Austin
Hands off the wheel
"...Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at UT-Austin and executive director of Sony AI America,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

SXSW Adds Cheech Marin, Titane Director Julia Ducournau For 2023
Plus the Metaverse and student athlete NIL deals part of the program
"...as Kate the Chemist, whose one-woman campaign to make science fun again has wiped away the impact of thousands..."

Nov. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Says Sorry About the Demon
Sci fi film fest announces final lineup for final outing
"...announced that Other Worlds - the Austin-born celebration of science fiction and horror movies - is ending after nine..."

Nov. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Good Night Oppy
Mars rover documentary concentrates too much on the inner life of machines
"...commercial to convince kids to pursue a career in science. The STEM-positive film follows the voyage of the twin..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Has Round Rock ISD Hit Rock Bottom?
Maybe not yet
"...Days later, Xiao posted a Facebook message praising a science experiment by a group of district middle schoolers. The..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Vote Because Science Could Save the World: The Daily Texan reported this..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature

The Luv Doc: THANK YOU, HEARTBREAK!
Also, a tip of the hat to humiliation as well
"...Besides, to paraphrase Ricky Bobby, "with advances in medical science, there's no reason to believe you can't make it..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards
The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony
"...Theatre's legendary adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic work of science fiction but with an eye to the era's racial..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...leaders for UT's newly established Center for Pandemic Decision Science. The center will focus on studying the challenges that..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Feature

ACC Reopens Historic Campus Ahead of Bond Election
ACC shows what it can do with less than $50 million
"...Rio Grande campus $40 million to expand its computer science and cyber security programs. Given the increasing unaffordability of..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Austin Fermentation Festival Brings in the Funk
Local farmer’s markets break it down this month
"...ingredients down (e.g., sugars being converted into alcohols). Food science aside, fermented products can be seen in a variety..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Food Post by Leena Alali

Fantastic Fest Review: The Antares Paradox
Single-location sci-fi thriller stays in shallow end
"...Over the past few decades, it feels like science fiction has been effectively replaced by post-apocalyptic cinema...."

Oct. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Moseying Out Into the Multiverse With the Quantum Cowboys
Geoff Marslett probes memory and the many-worlds theory in his new animated mind-bender at AFS Cinema
"...to let people experience something close to what the science says it is?"..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Pair of Porcupines in Zilker
Meet the new residents of the Austin Nature & Science Center
"...chewing. The newest resident at the Austin Nature & Science Center, a four-month-old male porcupine, is gnawing on on..."

Sept. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Adventures for Museum Day
Porcupines, portraits, and plenty more to rekindle your love of learning
"...renovated "Small Wonders" exhibit at the Austin Nature and Science Center gets some new small wonders: baby porcupines. Learn..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Buy a Shirt, Support Abortion Care
The Chronicle partners with artist Billie Buck to support Whole Woman's Health
"...Critters: Meet the residents of the Austin Nature & Science Center – including a bobcat and baby porcupine –..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin at Large: Make a Run From the Border
So, when and how did Texas MAGApublicans decide to be terrified of Mexicans?
"...One of the truisms of American political science is that nativism is a cheap drug, the effects..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Sneak Preview of Baby Porcupines at Austin Nature & Science Center
"...and Recreation and the Friends of Austin Nature & Science Center presented a sneak peek of a 4-month-old porcupine..."

Sept. 14, 2022 Photo Gallery

Hot and Bothered: Austin’s Record-Hot Summer Affects Pepper Harvesting
The hottest peppers are most threatened by increasing temperatures
"...Interested in learning more about the science of farming, I called Savannah Rugg, the department chair..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Food Feature by A. Richmond

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths
All crises are not created equal
"...efficiency and speed over everything. "This is not rocket science. We actually know how to make people safer," Goddard..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

SXSW Announces First 2023 Speakers
Olympian and entrepreneur Allyson Felix, Cecile Richards, more
"...unbound imagination, and what it really takes to turn science fiction into reality...."

Aug. 30, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Alienoid
Time-travelling SF wire fu thriller is as overpacked as it sounds
"...Science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke's third law of SF writing..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Austin Arts Events That Celebrate Nature
Because you know we’re all just a bunch of animals
"...BookPeople nonfiction guru Griffin and the Austin Texas Science Writers host a monthly book club (via Zoom) devoted..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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