As you read, you will find yourself looking around at the complex systems with which we interact every day, and thinking either a) there's a lot of maintenance going on behind the scenes we don't normally notice, or b) it's astonishing they don't require more maintenance.
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Poetry Practice, Exercise 5
Here, we're tasked with two quatrains of 8-syllable iambic tetrameter, two quatrains alternating between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, and two quatrains featuring trochaic tetrameter (one quatrain with pure trochee, and one with docked weak endings on lines 2 and 4).
Intergalactic Update 2026
I’ve always tried to be clear that any schedules and dates I offer are goals and guesses, not promises, unless I specify otherwise, but I know how dismaying it can be when an author puts dates out into the world which then blow past with nary a word. If my projections for the next year and future work seem even more ambiguous than usual, that’s probably why.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202609.19
Clues on 3I/Atlas's formation environment, Rocket Lab challenges Blue Origin for Mars infrastructure, science says reading is good for you, special spin feature, taking T. Rex's temperature, and 3D printing with sound
Assyria Review
As Frahm points out, the Assyrian Empire is as much a part of our cultural heritage as the Greeks, though they receive far less attention for their contributions.
From Scratch
When it comes to starting most projects from scratch, though, it’s a bit more complicated than setting down the starting line for a race.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202609.12
Mathematics of percolation, experiments in quantum gravity, lunar surface technology call for proposals, a singularity in Navier-Stokes, variations on triboelectricity, drugs as the catalyst for civilization, and textured electrodes for better batteries.
The Dispossessed Review
Contrary to how most readers seem to interpret the book, The Dispossessed is no straightforward pean to collectivism and condemnation of capitalism.
Science Fantasy Adventure?
For the most part, I prefer to avoid crossovers, both in reading and writing. They usually either become one or the other with a few trappings from the other genre, or they don’t work. That makes it all the stranger that I had an idea for a science fiction/fantasy crossover short story and decided it was worth pursuing.
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter – 202609.05
Roman Space Telescope launch, Martian asymmetry explained, a possible dark matter particle detection, and NASA selects Blue Origin for Martian telecommunication.
