Posts under ‘Science’

My latest post for Science in My Fiction, on the naming of organisms, went up on Friday. I wouldn’t mind at all if you read it and left a comment. Or two.
As I slowly dig out of my current pile of stuff, let me entertain you with this video that’s been making the rounds. [...]

Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a video showing all known nuclear explosions from 1945-1998 - 2053 of them. Zipping past at one month per second, it’s a fascinating and disturbing picture of nuclear testing and warfare. It starts slowly, but the 1950s go flashing by. Even if you don’t want to watch the middle, [...]

They obviously didn’t show up here, but the words had to have gone somewhere, right?
Right.
Some of them went to the Crossed Genres July issue, my first short story sale.
More showed up in the Clarkesworld July issue. This one’s a non-fiction piece about controlled ecologies for space travel.
I like writing about science for science fiction [...]

Never let anyone tell you that science isn’t cool!

(Via Corante)

I haven’t been writing much for the blog because I’ve been writing for other projects:

A Crossed Genres Science in My Fiction article about satellite images I neglected to tell you about when it came out (I was out of town - sorry!).

My application for Viable Paradise. I made the wait list last year, and am [...]

“The American academic scientist earns less than an airplane mechanic, has less job security than a drummer in a boy band, and works longer hours than a Bolivian silver miner,” notes Philip Greenspun, a humorist, pilot, prolific blogger, a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science, and a software engineering teacher at the Massachusetts Institute [...]

There’s a new blog in town, Science in My Fiction, devoted to getting science fiction and fantasy writers thinking about new developments in science. It’s been running for about a month, and there are some thought-provoking articles already.
My first contribution, on learning science, appeared today.
Please go take a look, and leave a comment on [...]

Elizabeth Blackwell wanted to go to medical school. She’d been reading medicine at home, but wanted proper training and formal education. She was rejected from all the first-rate schools, and most of the rest. Only one medical school even considered her application. When the Geneva Medical College received her application, the administration asked the students [...]

Five things make a post.
1. From Jim Wright at Stonekettle Station, Glenn Beck Killed My Father-In-Law. I’ve ranted about health care here before, but Jim does a much better job than I do. For one thing, his vocabulary and phrasing was honed by 20 years in the Navy. Do please read this.
2. Mars in [...]

Just a quickie, as I have to go shovel snow. Again.
Here’s one way to depict my day at work: a mousepath. Today was for numbercrunching.

You can get the mousepath software yourself (Mac/Linux, Windows - by Anatoliy Zenkov and picked up by me here).
Hey, guess what? Having a blizzard does not invalidate global climate change. [...]