Water Vapor Was Just Found on Europa Scientists have found evidence of plate tectonics on Jupiter’s moon Europa. This conceptual illustration of the subduction process (where one plate is forced under another) shows how a cold, brittle, outer portion of … Continue reading
”Crime doesn’t pay…enough” is the motto of Mystery Writers of America (MWA), an organization I joined after the publication of my debut mystery-adventure novel, THE ANTIQUITIES HUNTER (from Pegasus Crime). The first thing I discovered about MWA was that it … Continue reading
Join Thor and me as we wander the charming harbor town of Kos, where history and natural beauty flourish. NOTE: Since our recent trip to Greece to research more settings for my novel-in-progress, THE ARIADNE DISCONNECT, Thor and I knew … Continue reading
I remember the Big Three of Childhood Diseases because I had all of them. I am of that vintage where I was young enough to be vaccinated against smallpox and polio (for which I am abundantly grateful, let me tell … Continue reading
“Virus” is a scary word. Having just been vaccinated simultaneously with a pneumococcal vaccine and a recombitant zoster vaccine—one to prevent pneumonia and one to prevent shingles, and slowly recovering from some impressive reactogenicity symptoms, I’ve been thinking a lot … Continue reading
Here’s a collection of recent science stories that deepen our understanding of the past, both here on Earth and in the heavens. ‘Treasure trove’ of dinosaur footprints found in southern England More than 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints — made by … Continue reading
A potpourri of nifty discoveries to remind us, in the midst of so much political anguish, what an amazing universe we live in. Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved in Amber Using uranium-lead dating, a research team … Continue reading
I try to stay a-political in my blogs, because the Internet world is a big place with a wild, wild west culture. Travel, writing, art, are all pretty safe. But today I’m going off-script a little, sharing tidbits in the … Continue reading
Genetic therapies have been teetering on the brink of success for decades, it seems, only to fail to meet original expectations. In a tragic instance in 1999, a young man named Jesse Gelsinger became the first person to die as … Continue reading
Letters have colors. A year is in the shape of an oval. A week starts out like a row of blocks, with Saturday slightly taller, and Sunday the tallest of all. Each day of the week has its own color, … Continue reading
