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Comic book writer Rachel Pollack has passed away at the age of 77 years old. Her wife, Judith Zoe Mateen, shared the news on Friday via her own personal Facebook. Pollack’s passing comes after she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in July 2022, and moved to hospice care this past March.Tyler Posey Almost Played a Lost Boys Vampire“Our beloved Rachel Pollack passed so peacefully and beautifully today at about 12:45 p.m. after a touching ceremony called Hand to Heart,” wrote Mateen. “I know that Rachel will continue to…

Like her titular protagonist, when Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818, she knew not what she had wrought into the world. Her tale of science taken too far birthed what many consider the first science fiction novel… and what some don’t. As it turns out, there are several tales told before the 19th century that…Read more... Like her titular protagonist, when Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818, she knew not what she had wrought into the world. Her tale of science taken too far birthed what many consider…

The view of northwest Sudan from the International Space Station, which operates in low Earth orbit.Photo: NASAThe place we call space officially starts about 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the surface, a delineation known as the Kármán line. But that’s not a feasible altitude for orbit, owing to atmospheric drag. To reach orbit, an object must ascend to altitudes starting at around 100 miles (160 km) above the surface. This is the lowest possible boundary of low Earth orbit, or LEO, which extends to a maximum altitude…