Author : Steven Popkes

Steven Popkes lives in Massachusetts on two acres where he and his wife raise bananas, persimmons and turtles. His work has been published across spectrum, collected in numerous Best ofs, and nominated for a Nebula award. His day job is in aerospace making sure rockets continue to go where they are pointed. He insists he is not a rocket scientist. He is a rocket engineer.

Thanksgiving, 2023

I like Thanksgiving. I’m not a fan of turkey but any holiday that encourages excess of food and beverage is all right to me. Besides,

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Expanding on The Expanse

Fantasy has its Game of Thrones. Science fiction has its The Expanse. (Picture from here. Leviathan Wakes is the first book of The Expanse.) Game

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We Must Look Forward

Humans are both hyper-cooperative and hyper-competitive. Often, at the same time. (Picture from here.) There’s a continuing discussion of human intelligence that goes something like

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Cheese Ends, 20230918

  Welcome to another addition of cheese ends. (Picture from here.) Water on the Moon The moon has hematite. What’s interesting about this is hematite

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Revisiting “AI”

I discussed a while back my opinion on the stampede to bring AI into the kitchen, living room, workplace, and bedroom that seems to be

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The Problem with Heat

In these hot days I thought it might be interesting to talk about how animals deal with heat. (Picture from here.) I went into graduate

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Toonsi Crater Speculation

Be patient with me while I talk about this. (Picture from here.) Humans separated from chimpanzees between 4-7 million years ago. This time is a

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