Monthly Archives: October 2023

Hamas, Harvard, Ukraine and Alaska Air: Looking for a Bright Side  0 (0)

All is not right with the world. But all is not wrong, either. Take Sunday night’s air disaster that didn’t happen, for example. Alaska Air 2059 An off-duty pilot, riding in the cockpit’s jump seat, achieved momentary fame by trying … Continue reading

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The Chrysler Building, Copyright, Spider-Man and Rules 0 (0)

This is not what I’m talking about for this week’s ‘Saturday’ post. But since I’m interested in both intellectual property rights and the fiction side of writing, I’m taking a few minutes from my Wednesday afternoon to share this excerpt … Continue reading

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Sednoids, Rewinding the Solar System in a Simulation  0 (0)

Sedna and Sednoids aren’t this month’s only science news. But I saw two exciting, for me, developments; and that’s what I started talking about last week. This week I’ll wrap up most of what I was going to say about … Continue reading

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Tokamak at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy Shut Down 0 (0)

“UK’s nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years“Esme Stallard, BBC News (October 13, 2023) “‘It felt brilliant. One thing is to work on a design, another thing is to operate it.’ “Barry Green recounts the moment in June 1983 … Continue reading

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Sednoids and the Mysterious Missing Planet X 0 (0)

As I’ve said before, this isn’t the world I grew up in. Back then, the Solar System had nine planets, assorted moons, and asteroids. Plus, of course, the sun. Now we’ve got planets, dwarf planets, minor planets, natural satellites, trans-Neptunian … Continue reading

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