The Fredösphere

It's got "Bible" and "Space Opera" in the opening lines, so it caught my eye.  Turns out it has little to do with vocal music, sacred or secular, but it's still cool:  "Habitable Planets for Man," the "ultimate guide to creating plausible fictional worlds."  Also at Futurismic, have a serving of hardware cheesecake:  personal luxury submarines.

As a bonus, I'll give you a link to a review of the modern premiere of Alessandro Striggio's 60-part Missa "Ecco si beato giorno" performed by the BBC Singers, the Tallis Scholars and His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, found at A Cappella News.  Rediscovering this monster piece took some detective work on the part of musicologist Davitt Moroney.  For a few more days, the BBC will let you listen to the concert.  The announcer gives the historical context for each piece in beautiful BBC-ese. I know lots of technologies useful for halting the spread of Protestantism, but 60-voice polyphony it not one I would have thought of.