Star Trek: Into Improbability

Last night, we had a family movie night upstairs and finally watched the latest Star Trek movie, Into Darkness. First, I was a little confused, when the final credits rolled, as to what darkness we were talking about. Second, well, spoilers. Click on the thingie...

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...

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...