Posts under ‘Science’

No, I’m not spending all my time in Powell’s. Of course I’m not. See, I even finished a new Science in My Fiction post: The Plastic Economy. I’ve also been working very hard, but today is a vacation day. Watch out Portland!

For the past two years, Ada Lovelace Day has been celebrated on March 24. If you’ve been waiting impatiently to find out which obscure scientific woman I’m going to feature in 2011, I’m afraid you have a bit of waiting to do. This year, Ada Lovelace Day will be on October 7. That gives me [...]

The internet has been buzzing with news of apparent microfossils found in meteorites. The story was first publicized by Fox News, but rapidly spread across blogs and major media outlets alike. These carbonaceous chondrites, meteorites that probably once formed part of comets, were split open and examined closely. Richard B. Hoover, in a study published [...]

I and 120,000 other people watched online as the Discovery landed for the last time today. The shuttle program is the space program I grew up with, for better and worse. I was ten when the Columbia went up for the first time in April 1981. I sat in math class and watched the Challenger [...]

And goodbye February. I’ve never gotten along with that month. In fact, I blame it for a lot of things. Good riddance until next year. I was moderately productive in February, in the writing department. I finished and revised two short stories, and am just waiting on my beta reader before I submit them. I [...]

[Ooops. I wrote this on 26 January, and apparently never hit post. Sorry! You've probably all seen the video by now.] While I’m on a science theme, here’s a new blog, Stars and Spice from a local scientist. She’s collected some excellent science videos, so now you have place to go if I don’t post [...]

New Science in My Fiction article today: Orbital Mechanics for Werewolves. Enjoy!

I couldn’t decide, so two selections today. First, the Apollo 8 astronauts from Christmas 1968. And a lovely Thea Gilmore song. (And this is wonderful!) I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas have a lovely day, with the food you love and the people you love. I wish the same for those of you [...]

XKCD wins again. I like to play with data graphics and presentation, looking for ways to present complex information understandably. This video from BBC4′s “Joy of Stats” program (and how cool is that?) does something interesting with a pile of national health and economic data. I wish I had that capability. This makes me very [...]

My most recent Science in My Fiction post on hydrothermal vents was reprinted on io9. (io9 has permission to reprint, but this is the first time one of mine has been chosen.)