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Just Felt Our Second Ohio Earthquake
I noticed that our cat Miao was very confused when the window blinds began to wave, the tower fan swayed back and forth, and the futon vibrated. CNN is saying that there was an earthquake in Virginia...
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Nova on PBS: Becoming Human Series
I am watching Becoming Human: Last Human Standing on PBS’s Nova. I also watched the earlier two episodes in the series this morning: First Steps and Birth of Humanity. These shows are why I love...
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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft for Manned Flight Now Being Constructed
NASA reports that the first manned Orion spacecraft is now being constructed. Find out more here: NASA – First Space Bound Orion Comes Alive. Filed under: Science, Technology Tagged: nasa, orion,...
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Joan Slonczewski, Science Fiction Author and Critic, Launches Blog
Joan Slonczewski, the Kenyon College microbiologist and award winning science fiction author of A Door into Ocean, recently launched her own blog: Ultraphyte. I believe that it is worth adding to your...
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Morgan Freeman’s Through the Wormhole Episode on Consciousness
I sent this out to the Neuroscience and the Humanities Workgroup earlier today, so I thought that I would share it here, too. Today, the Science Channel is running a marathon of Morgan Freeman’s...
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Detecting Radiation on the Surface of Another Planet for the First Time,...
Over the Thanksgiving holiday 2011, NASA will launch the new Mars exploration robot Curiosity for an expected arrival on the the red planet in 2012. One of the missions for Mars Science...
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Mars Science Laboratory, T Minus 19 Hours and Counting Until Launch
The launch clock on NASA’s and JPL’s Mars Science Laboratory (aka: Curiosity) website is progressing toward a launch tomorrow. Hopefully, the weather holds out and the launch is successfully on-time as...
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Mars or Bust! Curiosity Lifts Off This Pale Blue Dot Bound for the Red Planet
The Mars Science Laboratory, aka Curiosity, successfully launched this morning at 10:02am EST. The MSL is a nuclear powered exploratory robot outfitted with loads of experiments and investigative...
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Charlatans and Experts in The Wall Street Journal on Climate Change, Thoughts...
The Wall Street Journal recently published two letters regarding global climate change. The first letter, Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming, argues that the clarion...
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My ENGL 1101 Syllabus for “Writing the Brain: Composition and Neuroscience”
My English composition students at Georgia Tech are now well into their second major project, so I figured that I should get in gear and post my syllabus for my newly designed, WOVEN (written, oral,...
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Recovered Writing: Undergraduate Astronomy Class, PHYS 2021, Sunset...
This is the ninth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider interesting...
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Recovered Writing: Undergraduate Independent Study, Networks Between Science,...
This is the twenty-first post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, his personal narrative twined with his intellectual accomplishments, was published in 1988. I read it midway through high school, probably in 1993. Shortly...
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Talking Science Fiction with Neil deGrasse Tyson on StarTalk Radio
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jason Ellis in Dr. Tyson’s Office at the AMNH Planetarium. I had the distinct honor to join the conversation about science fiction and society on Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson’s...
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Updates to the Neuroscience and Science Fiction Literature Chronological...
Brain illuminated from within and transparent face. My brain MRI scan used with ControlNet. Image created by Stable Diffusion. Following my recent updates of the Generative AI and Pedagogy...
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The New York Times asks, “Is it time to wear a mask again?”
The New York Times asks, “Is it time to wear a mask again?” I haven’t stopped. While I want to protect myself from getting ill, I also don’t want to run the risk of passing on the virus to others who...
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Have You Seen Space Station L-4, the 1977 Educational Earth Sciences Program...
From L to R: V-2 Rocket, WAC Corporal Sounding Rocket, Skylab Orbital Workshop, and V-1 Cruise Missile (hanging), National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, 2008. My friend Mark and I have been on...
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Update on the Search for Space Station L-4: A Conversation with Steve Lenzen
Skylab Orbital Workshop Interior, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. Photo taken in 2008. As I wrote last week here, I reached out to Steve Lenzen via postal mail about Space Station...
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“My God, It’s Full of Stars”
While I was visiting my folks the past few weeks, I enjoyed a few clear nights to see and take photos of stars and planets with my Panasonic G85 mirrorless camera. They live in the middle of no where...
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Life Finds a Way
When I began working on my 2013 Toyota Corolla in December 2023, I discovered this paper wasp nest built onto a bolt connecting the door hinge to the driver side front door. It was a tiny marvel of...
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