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Happy. Southern. Catholic. - Time for Reflections
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Tag Archives: science
Alcubierre Drive: a New, Subluminal, Physical Solution
It’s been 30 years since a Mexican theoretical physicist said that a warp drive was possible: hypothetically. And published math that backed up his claim. Last month, a team of scientists showed how we could build a warp drive: again, … Continue reading
Science, Religion, and Saying Goodbye to the 19th Century
I think the notion that someone can either be a Christian or appreciate the cosmic scale and wonders of God’s creation is fading. Sincerely believing in a conflict where champions of science and reason opposed the dark forces of religion … Continue reading
A Super-Earth With an Air About It: 55 Cancri e, Janssen
This month’s analysis of a piping hot super-Earth’s atmosphere is a big deal. But it’s not the “first” detection of a terrestrial exoplanet’s atmosphere, not by about eight years.1 I’ll be talking about how scientists sift through data, 55 Cancri … Continue reading
Kamoʻoalewa: Breakaway Asteroid and Quasi-Moon
The asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa isn’t exactly Earth’s second moon. But it’s been circling our world for centuries: and near Earth’s orbit for much longer. Now scientists say they’ve traced the asteroid back to Giordano Bruno crater on the Moon. I’ll … Continue reading
Evolution and a Gene Expression Code Library
Scientists have found gene groups we have in common with nearly all animals: thousands of them, from a code library that’s more than half a billion years old. I’ll be talking about that this week, plus why I see no … Continue reading
