Perfume: Just Say No

I’m angry.Read this for background, and pay attention to the statistics.The problem of people being allergic to what’s in perfume is on the rise, and I have it. I keep my home as scent-free as possible. We use organic and/or unscented soaps, dish soaps,...

War – What Is It Good For?

Well, nothing, really. Although some might argue that many advances in science happen when one group of people is trying to figure out how to kill another group of people. You could argue, however, that we also make advances in science when peaceful people get excited...
In Which A Husband Surprises His Wife

In Which A Husband Surprises His Wife

I continue to work hard on The Fall. The weird thing is, I can see the whole thing in my head. I just can’t get it out. So my husband interrupted my hard-scrabble attempt to finish another chapter by dragging me off to a car dealership. It seems my hardened...

Relativity, and Other Fine Tales

The more scientifically geeky of my readers may have noticed that in my books, I have people talking to each other across interstellar distances. In real time. Sometimes one of them is on a ship traveling at relativistic speeds, and no one is the wiser. They might as...

Discover Slooh

This may be old news to some of you, but a few days ago, I discovered the Slooh Space Camera while searching out information about the new nova in the constellation Delphinus. I’m not a scientist — just a geek. This got me really excited. Slooh webcasts...