It’s time once again for my scientific gift guide. (No, I don’t mean I have the purchasing of gifts down to a science–if I did, I’d set up in business and be a millionaire before the New Year. I mean, it’s time once again for my guide to scientific gifts.) Not being in a position …
This sounds promising…
As a sometimes opera singer and full-time SF fan and writer, I found this article by David Herter on “Six Operas that Came Close” (to being the definitive SF opera) fascinating.
My mom has undergone two total knee replacements and one shoulder replacement. By the time I’m her age, I may be able to grow my own.
There are certain spices that just naturally come to mind as we approach the holiday season. Cinnamon, for instance. Cloves. Ginger. And, of course, hot peppers. (Hot peppers? Well, when I was growing up, Christmas dinner sometimes featured my mother’s famous enchilada casserole, which could be made mild, medium–or hot.) And unlike many of the …
This year, we’re celebrating a century of flight. Here are 10 planes that changed the face of aviation.
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku contemplates the plausibility of time travel. It’s not as impossible as we used to think.
A small English company says it can turn ordinary blood into stem cells. If these claims hold up, there could be a medical revolution just around the corner.
If you’ve got a broadband connection, sit back and enjoy this slide show of the Hubble Space Telescope’s greatest hits, complete with musical accompaniment.
Inexpensive computer memory made out of plastic! Ain’t chemistry grand?
The great apes are in serious trouble–and Ebola may be partly to blame.
Turn your name (or any other word) into Egyptian hieroglyphics with this handy Hieroglyphics Generator.
