“Stellar vampires unmasked.”
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The Case of the Missing "A"…
…in Neil Armstrong’s famous quote when he became the first human to set foot on the moon may have been solved.
The first sentence I wrote today…
For one heart-stopping moment of sheer terror, Emily stood in utter blackness. Current word count: 36,806New words this session: 1,377Percentage of novel completed: 36.8
Photo of the Day: A Peek Inside
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Spider goats still lead the pack…
…of popular search words that bring people to my main website. Here are the top 15 search terms (if I remember, I’ll make this a Friday feature from now on, just to put it on some kind of schedule): 34 spider goat 0.9% 31 animal intelligence 0.8% 23 hygiene hypothesis 0.6% 22 time perception 0.6% …
QuIET!
REsearchers have developed a single-molecule transistor, called the Quantum Interference Effect Transistor. I love this quote: “With our transistors packed at maximum density, you could put a microprocessor as powerful as the top-of-the-line workstation on the back of an E. coli.”
Oh, this is just what I need to hear…
…as I prepare to travel to Vancouver for the science fiction convention VCon: A common cold can be just a fingertip away thanks to the high rate of viral contamination of environmental surfaces that a cold sufferer can leave behind, according to a study in hotel rooms… During daily activities, adults infected with the cold …
Sad news from Weyburn
From the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild e-bulletin: We are very sad to announce that Isabelle Eaglesham passed away on September 23. Isabelle belonged to the Saskatchewan Writers Guild from its inception. A founding member of the Weyburn Writers Group, she and another local member, the late Kay Flury, travelled to the founding meeting of the SWG. …
The first sentence I wrote today…
“But I don’t understand,” Dahlia said, for the first time sounding like she actually believed the tale John had told them. Current word count: 35,429New words this session: 1,372Percentage of novel completed: 35.4 Talky stuff yesterday; action and a modicum of gore today.
Photo of the (Thurs)Day: The Autumn Leaves Outside My Window
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The first sentence I wrote today…
“Lights!” Dahlia yelled, as Emily, too terrified to even scream, scrambled out of bed and pressed her back against the wall at its head, as far away from the supine stranger as she could get. Current word count: 34,057New words this session: 2,138Percentage of novel completed: 34.0 And so we pass the one-third mark…yay!
Discovering connections between drugs and diseases
This sounds important–and like a really good idea: A research team led by scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced today the development of a new kind of genetic “roadmap” that can connect human diseases with potential drugs to treat them, as well as predict how new drugs work in human cells….The …
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