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The taint of city lights

Look up at the sky tonight. What will you see? If you live in a rural area, you’ll probably see a the glittering of stars as faint as pinpricks. Maybe even the arch of the Milky Way. If you live…

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Love changes us

Today, my Writing 101 prompt was to be inspired by a single word from a list provided. Since my partner and I are celebrating our anniversary this month (yay us), I decided to tackle the word ‘love’.…

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7 Science Fiction Podcasts

While finishing up my PhD, I spent a lot of time in the lab doing what I called ‘robot work’: pipetting tiny droplets of liquid, moving tubes, centrifuging, pipetting. In those days I got into podcasts. In particular I…

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Dr. Ash’s Science Mix Tape

I’m taking part in Blogging 101 in an effort to get my site up to snuff. One of my assignments was to take a Daily Post prompt and make it my own. Today’s prompt was: You make a new friend. Make them a…

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Poeticizing Science

A couple of weeks ago I went to a poetry reading, completely on the fly. A friend invited me and I’m not one to turn down good poetry. This was the IFOA McClellan & Stewart Poetry Night. It was…