A few more science accounts to follow on Twitter. Fascinating views of our planet from space, and how these data are used down below: https://twitter.com/NASAEarthData. Fascinating views of dwarf planet Ceres: https://twitter.com/NASA_Dawn. Variety of interesting geological bits and pieces at the US Geological Service account; today it’s induced seismicity. https://twitter.com/USGS Interested in monarch migration? Join Read More…
Month: March 2016
Implants and Implications
All the Vatta books include characters who have cranial implants that enhance their mental abilities and characters who are opposed to implants as a form of “humodification” that makes the user less human and more machine. Having or not having an implant creates social expectations and has legal implications as well. Not all implants are Read More…
Writer Self-Care, Part One
A recent discussion online on self-care for scientists in academia (@realscientists and #AcademicSelfCare on Twitter) prompted this post. Writers–that is, fiction and nonfiction freelance writers–often have mental/emotional/physical problems that can be helped–if not entirely prevented or cured–by some judicious self-care. But we can forget that when deadlines are knocking on the door (loudly) or the Read More…
In New York City April 1?
My publisher, Penguin Random House, has chosen The Speed of Dark as one of their books to highlight for National Autism Awareness Day, April 1, 2016, in conjunction with Autism Speak’s Light It Up Blue. It will be on display at their headquarters, 1745 Broadway, with some copies to give away. And of course Read More…
Trifling Humor
This is a link to a Storify of Twitter posts yesterday and…it’s hilarious. 7FZrl$Jn602ErEJ(BX Or, if you like long URLs: https://storify.com/lizrothjohnson/biologistspacefacts?utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_source=t.co&utm_campaign=&awesm=sfy.co_a0x2Q&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter
Science Twitter Accounts at SXSW
A list of science accounts on Twitter for SXS. No, I haven’t checked them all out yet, but wow–sure appreciate @laurahelmuth for getting this list together. I’ll be posting the reference a few other places, too. https://twitter.com/laurahelmuth/lists/sciencetwitterforsxsw/members
Solar Eclipse from 35,000 feet
From Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Honolulu that diverted to give passengers a view of the total eclipse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBoa81xEvNA
Tuesday Mixed Bag
Yesterday was my birthday, so…other things got done than a post here. So what’s interesting right now? How about two urban predators mixing it up on the street in front of a lucky photographer? http://www.nhm.org/nature/blog/hawk-attacks-snake-and-epically-fails There’s another pair in the same post…that time reptile v. reptile. Several good Twitter science accounts to follow: https://twitter.com/carlzimmer Award-winning Read More…
This Writer’s Saturday
I stayed up until after midnight Friday, working on the rewrites, and then was later than usual getting up today. More work on rewrites today, now working front to back to shape toward the new ending. In amongst the computer sessions came the other stuff. As soon as the light was bright enough picked up Read More…
Whirlwinds…
Working on the rewrite of Cold Welcome. On Monday, I sent Editor the latest draft of the new ending, and in light of Editor’s comments worked on it some more, then started in on front-to-back run (actually crawl!) through combining her original letter, the marked up manuscript line edits, and the changes that would be Read More…