Trees Never Lie
While I’m thoroughly enjoying editing two current client books, I’m eager to continue work on my sixth book, Trees Never Lie, a sci-fi story set in present time.
Tag: science
A Warning from Trees: Miyake Events
14,300 years ago, a pine forest in France bore witness to an event that has never been experienced in modern times: a bombardment of solar particles so fierce that it would likely knock out all communications satellites and fry power grids across the globe if it were to happen today. While we often point to the Carrington Event of 1859, (that knocked out all telegraph communications around the world), as a worst-case scenario, for solar storms, the 774-75 AD storm was at least 10 times stronger.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Playlist
Today I am sharing my current Neil deGrasse Tyson “shorts” playlist from YouTube. Within it are his commentaries on everything from Newton to neutrinos and everything in between. While heavily science driven (well, of course), Neil often comments on everyday …
Why Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Occurs
I must admit that since first hearing about string theory, many moons ago, I was highly skeptical and basically poo-pooed it. Ah, here we go… We don’t understand something, so we’re going to attribute some bizarre hypothesis… So yes, not a real fan. But today when I happened upon this this video, I nodded to its existence and thought, maybe, just maybe I’ll give it another chance. So, hats off to Astrum; you may slowly be bringing around a skeptic.
Teaching kids to think logically
I read an incredibly interesting article entitled, Kids Should be Taught to Think Logically. I couldn’t agree more. symbolic logic noun : a science of developing and representing logical principles by means of a formalized system consisting of primitive symbols, combinations …
How scientists respond to deniers
“We never landed on the moon.” “Climate change is a hoax.” “Vaccines are ineffective.” Our culture feels riddled with anti-science sentiment and there’s no one factor to blame or easy solution to address it. How did we get here and what effect is it having on scientists and their research? Dr. Paul Sutter, one of my favorites, breaks down the societal elements in play and interviews some of his contemporaries to get a sense of where we go from here.