Showing posts with label aliens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aliens. Show all posts
Thursday, January 09, 2025

Marvels of Evolution

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I'm reading a recently published work by famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, THE GENETIC BOOK OF THE DEAD. The title refers to...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

Octopus Superpowers

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I came across another article about the delightful weirdness and surprising intelligence of octopuses: 10 Incredible Facts About Octopuses...
Friday, March 15, 2024

Karen S. Wiesner: Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Host by Stephenie Meyer

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Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Host by Stephenie Meyer by Karen S. Wiesner After I finished my ...
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Thursday, September 07, 2023

SF Terminology Goofs

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I've started watching the second season of MY DAD THE BOUNTY HUNTER, a cartoon series on Netflix. Some dialogue passages reminded me of ...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Giant Viruses

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Scientists have discovered and revived a 30,000-year-old virus, not seen since the Upper Paleolithic era, buried under the Siberian permafro...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

The Most Intelligent Animals

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Well, maybe not THE most in absolute terms, but this page lists six of the top candidates: 6 of the World's Most Intelligent Animals ...
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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Sex Lives of Animals

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I've been rereading DR. TATIANA'S SEX ADVICE TO ALL CREATION, by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson. As the title implies, the boo...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Life Not as We Know It

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One episode of the BBC series PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II highlights denizens of the ocean depths that thrive independently of energy from ...
Thursday, September 05, 2019

Deep Time

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The September 2019 issue of the SMITHSONIAN magazine contains two articles I found especially interesting. "The Homecoming": An ...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

The Vampire as Alien

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I'm thrilled that my nonfiction book DIFFERENT BLOOD: THE VAMPIRE AS ALIEN is back on the market at last. It's been re-released by a...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

When It Will Change

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In the March-April 2019 issue of FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, an article by Jerry Oltion discusses what effect the confirmed discovery of ex...
Thursday, February 07, 2019

Pregnant Males

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Do you follow THE ORVILLE? This TV series begins as an affectionate parody of STAR TREK (even the uniforms look similar) but—as far as I can...
Thursday, November 01, 2018

Reflections on Alien Visitors

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The November-December issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER contains three articles about UFOs and extraterrestrials. "UFO Identification Proc...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Thought Floating on Different Blood

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I've been rereading a couple of Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters novels. Magicians in this series work with one of the classic fo...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Annihilation

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Last week, I watched the rather strange SF movie ANNIHILATION. (Spoilers ahead.) An anomalous phenomenon of unknown origin, labeled the Shim...
Thursday, November 02, 2017

The Plausibility of Modern Legends

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I subscribe to the magazine SKEPTICAL INQUIRER, which I highly recommend to fans and writers of SF and fantasy. Its coverage of myths, legen...
Thursday, August 17, 2017

Undersea Aliens

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Peter Godfrey-Smith, a professor at the University of Sydney and City University of New York, believes the octopus is the closest thing to ...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Depiction Part 26 - Depicting Humanity by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Depiction Part 26 Depicting Humanity by Jacqueline Lichtenberg  Previous parts of the Depiction series are listed here: http://...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

The Importance Of Being.... Allergic?

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I'm on vacation, so will have to rely on memory (which may or may not be fuzzy). On my Facebook page today, I've had a wide rangi...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Dog Training For Alien Characterization

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My beach reads this summer included "It's Me Or The Dog" by Victoria Stilwell. I wasn't far into the book when I saw the p...
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