science fiction and the energy crisis…

SF fen have (I think because of the demise of the mags, as a market for short stories) gotten a bit wimpy about disasters. I don’t hear the kind of dialogue that used to go on at cons, ie, how do we geeky guys save the world from—be it asteroid impact or...

We’re back from Miscon…

We were late getting there because it turned out the Stars on Ice tix we bought without looking at dates back at Nationals were for Friday night…and we started out with OSG driving at oh-God-thirty on Saturday. Among first things was to meet with...

We're back from Miscon…

We were late getting there because it turned out the Stars on Ice tix we bought without looking at dates back at Nationals were for Friday night…and we started out with OSG driving at oh-God-thirty on Saturday. Among first things was to meet with...

Can evolution happen twice with an identical result?…

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091029125532.htm Basically, a shrew and a lizard, hardly cousins, evolved the same poison from a similar source—digestive enzymes, which evolved to a venom—a pretty nasty venom—that aids both species....