There are Diseases Hidden in Ice

And they are waking up.

The Circuitous Path of Papa and Ezra

Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound’s friendship spanned continents—and ideologies.

The Mozart in the Machine

Beauty is in the biometric data of the beholder, and artificial intelligence can decode it.

Memories are Made of This

Look back with danger.

Is Consciousness Fractal?

Everything is fractal.

Dwarf Planetary Systems will Transform the Hunt for Alien Life

As portrayed in my first science fiction short story, Void Vast Infinite.

Our World Outsmarts Us

Social problems are complex, while human minds are under-engineered. 

The Cosmology of Poe

Edgar Allan Poe offered remarkably prescient ideas about the universe in his poem 'Eureka.'

Letter from Siberia

Through sands and mountains in search of a gulag ghost-town.

Birds Make Nest out of Used Needles in Vancouver

Maybe it’s time to close down the petting zoo.

The Reactionary Temptation

An inquiry into the close-minded ideology that can no longer be ignored.

Kurt Vonnegut’s Greatest Writing Advice

Craft imperatives.