#warp drive
Jason Pargin joins a growing list of sci-fi authors growing despondent over how hard it is to explore space in real life.
# science
According to popular science headlines claim that we've cracked how to make a warp drive within the known laws of physics. The reality is a lot more complicated.
# science
No, we didn't create a microscopic warp bubble. But we may be getting closer and closer to actually doing it.
# longform
Paradoxically, we're both closer and farther from zooming across the galaxy than you might think…
A new estimate for the energy required to power a warp drive puts the theoretical technology well within the realm of plausibility.
Theoretical warp drives keep finding more ways to kill their users and everything around them. This time, with artificial black holes.
# science
Warp drives might not just be the fastest way to explore the universe. They might also be weapons of mass destruction on a stellar scale.