The Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes are in the grip of an unknown force that seems to be holding them back as they head into interstellar space. Dark matter? A flaw in general relativity? Or simply a propellant leak? Nobody knows… (cue spooky music)
An antenna for light
Nobody is sure what this is good for yet, but it sounds cool.
SF headline of the week: "Code created for shape-shifting robots"
If shape-shifting robots aren’t science-fictional, I don’t know what is.
New technique to fight AMD
No, AMD, in this instance, is not the computer chip manufacturer, but rather age-related macular degeneration. My mother-in-law has lost most of her vision to it, and I, with my extremely myopic and astigmatic eyes, am apparently also at higher risk than others. Hence my interest in this new gene technique that is entering trials …
Good news for Saskatchewan’s space program
Okay, it’s not really our space program, but we’ll take it. A balloon test flight in Colorado for the da Vinci project (an entry in the X-Prize competition that will launch from Kindersely October 2, if all goes well) was successful.
Here’s to your health!
Apparently drinking can benefit your heart. Bottoms up!
Writing Diary: September 14, 2004
Today’s two focuses (foci?) were editing the science column for online and newspaper (you can read it below) and getting my application in for the 2005-2006 Writer-in-Residence position at the Regina Public Library. Which I did. Throw in assorted mundane tasks and a lot of blog-reading, and the day went by. Tonight I held my …
You are getting sleepy…
The stereotypical idea of hypnosis–the swinging pocket watch, the “You are getting sleepy…” patter, etc.–is so ingrained in us from countless depictions on stage and screen that it’s sometimes hard to take hypnosis seriously. Aggravating the problem, there has been no scientific consensus on how hypnotism works. That’s beginning to change: a new study is …
Writing Diary: September 13, 2004
Today was the day of my now every-other-week radio science column, so I was writing it (on hypnosis–it’ll be posted here tomorrow) this morning…after I held an audition for someone for the musical revue I’ll be directing for Regina Lyric Light Opera this fall. I did just a little bit of revising of Excalibur Reforged …
The Tunguska tale takes another twist
A Russian investigator claims he’s found pieces of extraterrestrial technology at the site of the 1908 Tunguska explosions James Oberg has his doubts.
One reason I think there’s life all over the universe…
…is because life can be found pretty much everywhere on Earth, even in the most inhospitable places.
An expert speaks on 60 Minutes’ forged memos
Harboring doubts about the 60 Minutes memos being forgeries? Read this.
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