Yes, I know it’s actually September 8, but I posted this last night, except, for some reason, Blogger choked on it and it never appeared. So, briefly: reworked “Threads,” the story I wrote based on the play I wrote for Globe Theatre‘s On the Line event a couple of years ago, and wrote my science …
Did life originate on Earth or did it arrive here from outer space? Mainstream biologists will tell you the former. But over the years, the latter idea has always had a few supporters. This theory that life came to Earth from elsewhere is usually called panspermia (which means “seeds everywhere.”) It has a Greek name …
Nuclear reactors that are inherently safe, cheap to build, and can be used to produce hydrogen for fuel…what’s not to like?
I’ve been plugging away, without much enthusiasm, at Bedlam’s Bard by Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guan. While I enjoy the book’s notion of elves in L.A., the writing itself–and the characters–haven’t really taken off for me. There’s way, way, WAY too much direct quoting of characters’ thoughts, most of it unnecessary and, to me, at …
Cold fusion may be on the verge of regaining respectability. Cool! (Er…cold…)
Noted without comment: sightings of mysterious, silent and huge aircraft are on the rise. Make of it what you will.
A slow day today; I’m not entirely sure where it went. I had to conduct an audition this morning for We’ll Meet Again, the revue of World War 2 songs I’m directing for Regina Lyric Light Opera, which somehow seemed to wipe out the whole morning, even though it really only took 10 minutes. This …
Okay, the alliteration is a bit strained, but the research is cool: NASA scientists have successfully deployed a solar sail system in a large vacuum chamber, a critical milestone in the effort to develop this new–and very romantic to an old Swallows and Amazons reader like me–space propulsion technology. As Cap’n Nancy would say, “Jibbooms …
University of Pennsylvania researchers have managed to spin carbon nanotubes into usable fibers. Space elevators, anyone?
Say hello to and Egyptian man who lived nearly 3,000 years ago.
September. The leaves are turning outside our living room window. Bah! Humbug! I know, I know, that sentiment is generally reserved for Christmas, but in these parts, this year, Labour Day had it coming. Writing. Did some. A few pages of Razor Wind. Lots of SF Canada blogging; check out all the news here. Note, …
Based on this study, it could well be. Me and myopia go way back, as do astigmatism and I.
