Sharon's work is always worth reading.
I'm still working on a major revisit to the #earthquake lights topic. But it's taking me a long time to put everything together. Meanwhile, you can read the existing posts and subscribe to get notice on the new stuff. Always Free! #spookygeology sharonahill.com?s=earthquake...
The earthquake in Morocco generated exaggerated claims and subsequent news coverage of "earthquake lights" as well as faked videos and conspiracy ideas.
Danna write a superb book about a nearly forgotten scientific pioneer.
Today is Jeanne Villepreux-Power's birthday! The inventor of aquariums was born 230 years ago in Juillac, France. She charted her own course through war, betrayal, and shipwreck, and solved the mystery of argonaut octopuses. I was lucky to write a book about her: lernerbooks.com/shop/show/21...
Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than 100 miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of...
I have a new literary agent! Connor Smith and I hit it off very well, partly because we both love science and he will rep my nonfiction as well as novels. It's a new agency, so I'm a ground-floor client and we will forge onward together. They are open to submissions. www.hesperidesliterary.com
Hesperides Literary is dedicated to re-imagining what can often be a daunting, tedious process into a thrilling collaboration that empowers and uplifts authors. We love writing, we love writers, and o...
I have new literary agent! Connor Smith and I hit it off very well, partly because we both love science and he will rep my nonfiction as well as novels. It's a new agency, so I'm a ground-floor client and we will forge onward together. www.hesperidesliterary.com
Hesperides Literary is dedicated to re-imagining what can often be a daunting, tedious process into a thrilling collaboration that empowers and uplifts authors. We love writing, we love writers, and o...
NASA made the right call. It's probably overly cautious, but space is dangerous as hell: you don't take chances you don't need to.
"The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Come Home on SpaceX's Dragon Next Year" The decision will leave the crew on the ISS until February. The mission was initially supposed to last about a week. www.wired.com/story/starli...
The decision will leave the crew on the ISS until February. The mission was initially supposed to last about a week.
For Official Sea Serpent Day: the case that makes me "keep the file open" for the possibility of an unknown species (or just possibly a giant specimen of a known one). Or perhaps I'm just a hopeless romantic naturalist living in the wrong century. mattbille.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-...
A science writer's blog on science and technology, especially conservation, new species, space exploration, space history, microsatellites, and NASA.
“Google conducted a quality degradation study, which showed that it would not lose search revenue if [it] were to significantly reduce the quality of its search product." A company that makes its product worse “without concern of losing consumers is proof of monopoly power” 🧪 @bbguari.bsky.social
An antitrust expert explains Monday’s landmark legal decision that Google illegally cemented its dominance in Internet search
There will never be another Bill Watterson or another Calvin & Hobbes. Not even Peanuts captured children's imaginations so perfectly.
People savvy to the industry realize it's code for "we're going to invasively violate your privacy for our own ends" while the non-savvy understand it's a buzzword that doesn't mean anything but is probably an excuse to make the product more expensive
