For as long as I remember, there have been jokes and pop-culture references to scientists creating life in a test tube–usually with the understanding that such a thing was an impossibility outside of horror movies. But last week scientists in the U.S. announced their intention to create the first completely artificial form of life, a …
SCIENCE Edward Willett Glow, little GloFish, glimmer, glimmer… In January, a U.S. company hopes to offer for sale the first pet fish genetically engineered to glow under ultraviolet light. This has alarmed some people, but scientists have been creating glowing organisms for several years now–and their ability to do so has revolutionized many fields of …
I’m bullish on privately funded spaceflight…though it may just be wishful thinking on my part. But darn it, if the government can’t do it, then somebody else has to!
Once again, Orson Scott Card says what I wish I’d said regarding the use of intemperate language and the assumption of sordid motives when talking about political opponents.
My children’s non-fiction book Ebola Virus has been named one of 2003’s Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 by The National Science Teachers Association & The Children’s Book Council. Yay!
An interesting article on some SF ideas that didn’t quite work out…at least, not yet.
Somebody has a lot of free time–but this site, which lets you search through many of the inventions that SF writers and filmmakers have come up with, is way cool.
Looks like my recent children’s book on Ebola, from Enslow Publishers, may need some revision…
The discovery of a “mystery particle” calls into question the whole Standard Model. Cool!
This will be up later today on my Web site… ***** SCIENCE Edward Willett Can we make sleep optional? It’s a safe bet that there have been a lot of bleary-eyed people around Regina this week, following last week’s Grey Cup revelry. But then, there are a lot of bleary-eyed people around all the time, …
No matter how extreme the environment, life manages to get a foothold. This means two things to me. One, it’s highly unlikely human beings can ever really manage to eradicate all life on the planet (althought we might be able to knock it down to the insect or even microbe level, if we really tried, …
It’s a safe bet that there have been a lot of bleary-eyed people around Regina this week, following last week’s Grey Cup revelry. But then, there are a lot of bleary-eyed people around all the time, since very few of us ever get as much sleep as we really need. That being the case, wouldn’t …
