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The galactic bar scene
PASADENA, Calif.–Bars abound in spiral galaxies today, but this was not always the case. A group of 16 astronomers, led by Kartik Sheth of NASA’s Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, has found that bars tripled in number over the past seven billion years… So what’s the cause? Gentrification, or looser liquor [...]
Local definition of being focused on work: totally forgot about the solar eclipse
Sheesh. Unusual for me. But here’s the info. (The path of totality has also been Google Mapped.) Stockholm will only be getting a partial — I estimate 35–40%-ish coverage from the diagram — but that’s still more than I’d have seen at home in Ireland. What great timing! Here’s a magic phrase, though: The path of [...]
Best headline seen today
Over at Scientific American: Kryptonite Discovered; Adamantium Remains Elusive No, really! [tags]kryptonite, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide[/tags]
Stonehenge…where the party animals go! …Er, went.
Archaeologists have found the remains of an ancient settlement two miles from Stonehenge which seems to have been built specifically to celebrate the Winter Solstice… big time. The new finds at Durrington Walls, two miles northeast of the stone circle, indicate that the entire region was a large religious complex where the early Britons gathered [...]
Hafnium
The next big thing. Or is it? Some have their doubts. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out… [tags]hafnium, chips, processor, Intel, metal, gates, high-K[/tags]
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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