New science fiction ebook! "Our Dependence on Foreign Keys"
My novelette "Our Dependence on Foreign Keys" is now available as a 99¢ ebook! I hope you'...
ClimateA collection of 7 posts
"Climate change" vs. "Global warming"
So, over on Facebook I opined that it's now time for Mr. Obama to get his ass in gear about global warming. I further opined that it was time to stop referring to it...
Ancient climate change
Meanwhile, back in Chicago, we're going to Schuba's tonight for this week's Field Museum Café Science lecture, on ancient climate change. The speaker is the brother of one of █████'...
Great Googly moogly
Today's Google logo for Earth Day is pretty poignant....
One hundred six degrees of suppuration
Okay, okay, God, we get it. We'll curtail our greenhouse gas emissions a lot. We'll pour all our research dollars into alternative fuels. We'll stop fucking around with oil, not...
Roger Ebert throws up his
Roger Ebert throws up his hands in response to readers who took issue with his review of An Inconvenient Truth: I cannot get into a scientific discussion here. There will be no end to it. All...