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Writer Fuel: NASA Rover Discovers Liquid Water ‘Ripples’ Carved Into Mars Rock

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cientists have discovered evidence that liquid water was once exposed to the air in ancient, shallow lakes on Mars. The finding is evidence that not all water on the Red Planet was covered in ice, as some Martian climate models suggest. Planetary geologists and astronomers studying Mars have known for decades that water was once … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Tony Farnden

Toby Farnden

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Richard Farnden Fantasy, Paranormal, Sci Fi Tony is touched by fairies and he does wish they would stop poking him when he walks his dogs. Since he moved to the wilds of Wales things have got no better. Anyway he has … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Richard Thomas Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci Fi Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of three novels, four short story collections, 165 stories in print, and the editor of four anthologies. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Thriller, … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Sharon A. McDonell

Sharon A. McDonell

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Sharon A. McDonell Sci Fi Sharon A. McDonell, a Sacramento native, is a retired university professional with a background in career counseling. After stepping away from her career due to invisible disabilities, she pursued her passion for writing. Inspired by her … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Some Older Generative AI Models Show Signs of Cognitive Decline

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People increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for medical diagnoses because of how quickly and efficiently these tools can spot anomalies and warning signs in medical histories, X-rays and other datasets before they become obvious to the naked eye. But a new study published Dec. 20, 2024 in the BMJ raises concerns that AI technologies … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Scientists Solve the Mystery of South Carolina’s Ghost Lamps

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Summerville, South Carolina, has been haunted by mysterious “ghost lanterns” for decades. Now, a scientist thinks she’s finally worked out what the floating orbs are: Turns out, they could be linked to tiny earthquakes. Local legends suggest the mysterious balls of light, which are often spotted near old railway tracks, are lanterns carried by the … Read more

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Author Spotlight: John Beresford

John Beresford

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: John Beresford Fantasy, Sci Fi John Beresford has been writing seriously since 1968. Eventually some of his work began to appear in public. His first novel, War of Nutrition, was published for Kindle in February 2012 and was soon joined by … Read more

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Review: Children of Solitude – Michael G. Williams

Children of Solitude - Michael G. Williams

Genre: Horror, Queer Cosmic Horror Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book This Appalachian cosmic horror novel tells the story of a gay man who must return to his ancestral home in the mountains of Western North Carolina after his mother’s death to clean it out and sell it off. Navigating feelings of … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Is the Idea of “Aligning” AI With Human Values a Fallacy?

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In late 2022 large-language-model AI arrived in public, and within months they began misbehaving. Most famously, Microsoft’s “Sydney” chatbot threatened to kill an Australian philosophy professor, unleash a deadly virus and steal nuclear codes. AI developers, including Microsoft and OpenAI, responded by saying that large language models, or LLMs, need better training to give users … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Timothy S Currey

Timothy S Currey

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Timothy S Currey Fantasy, Paranormal, Poetry, Sci Fi Timothy S Currey is an Australian author who was born in 1990 in Western Australia. Growing up in the country town of Carabooda, he developed a love of reading (and re-reading) everything from … Read more