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Liquid Air: the science fiction of atmosphere
One of the defining tropes of science fiction film and television is its concern with oxygen, with air, and with the depletion or… | Sea...
Call for Papers
Liquid Air: the science fiction of atmosphere
One of the defining tropes of science fiction film and television is its concern with oxygen, with air, and with the depletion or degrad...
![Comic. [Two people flailing high in the air. Three people on the ground running ahead of them. Arrows and a dotted line indicate that this second group is within roughly one body length of the surface.] [caption] The “ground effect” explains why sprinters can run most efficiently if they stay within roughly one body length of the surface.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcig3lsvbr35da6d4ylsw4wwdj2pzkrcplyvuot5tkx6siqxxfim)
![4-panel comic. (1) [Person swings from tree over water.] (2) [In the middle of the swing, the tree’s leaves have turned brown.] (3) [When the person lets go, the tree is bare of leaves and everywhere is covered in ice or snow.] (4) [The person landed on the ice looks behind at Person 2 with shoulder-length hair standing on the snow.] PERSON 2: Summer over already, huh? PERSON 1: It seemed extra quick this year.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic4gbwxsjt6aw43ogiw36dnyicy7swyquypp6sqtr3ail3iqgwetq)
![Comic. [Two large engines on the ground upside-down, with spacecraft pod in between.] PERSON to another person: To reduce the spacecraft’s weight, we’re mounting the engines on the launchpad and having them push the *Earth* away from the *spacecraft*.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreif4ltvtk75mjq7aiwy3vbybaz2fh2ghqca43s2cpn7saroqabs2w4)