The title of this post employs five of the ten words recently chosen as deserving of more use in conversation and prose. ‘Says who?’ you may well ask. It’s a fair question. They were chosen
On this 4th of July, 2015, New Horizons hurtles toward Pluto. It’s a mere 7,240,920 miles away and closing fast. If all goes as planned, we should see tantalizing photos in under two weeks. This
Hey this is me last week observing Saturn’s rings via a telescope atop the planetarium at the University of Wyoming, during Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop. I’ve always loved that Saturn simply looks like the quintessential
Between lectures, labs, a planetarium show, rooftop observing of stars and the International Space Station, visiting the Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO), and hanging with SF writers and astronomers, I’ve not had a great deal of
I got a few responses about my last post discussing my upcoming attendance at Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop, which blasts off just eight days from now. A couple of talented writers in different phases of
This terrific July/August 2015 issue of Analog just published my guest editorial, “Conspiracy Theories for Everybody.” In it, I delve into some ideas as to what makes conspiracy theories so appealing not only to the deeply
I recently attended the Humans to Mars Summit, which is a gathering of folks from both NASA and the private sector who are all involved in one way or another in working toward the shared
I set out to write science fiction and fantasy quite a number of years after having received one of the best gifts of my life. In fact, so many years had elapsed that I no
My mailman just brought me the 1000th issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. That’s right, the June 2015 issue is # 1000. Not very many fiction magazines, be they dedicated to science fiction or
As science proceeds forward, new paleontological data–which means new specimens and measurements of bones–suggests that Brontosaurus is really a different genus than Apatosaurus. I’m thrilled for two reasons. First, what child who grew up loving
