SciNoFi Blog Roundup - Fringe Edition

Explore how the Fringe TV show challenges basic tenets of biology and physics while keeping fans engaged. Stay positive with this series!

Written bySam Lowry
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To paraphrase the Hold Steady, we like to stay positive. At Science Not Fiction, staying positive means that we don't debunk (or nerdgas.) If the sonic screwdriver solves the problem, then by all means whip it out. That being said, this show Fringe is seriously stretching us to the limit. Fringe Gets Fast Aging and Frozen Optics Wrong [Popular Mechanics] Fringe "violates basic tenets of biology, chemistry and physics without any explanation." [Polite Dissent] Now that we've gotten that off our chest, here are few other links to help lighten the mood: You say Obama? I say Adama for President. [LA Times] H.P Lovecraft as the Whitman's Sampler copy writer [McSweeney's] Future Farms to Have Giant Livestock [Modern Mechanix]

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