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The author of Skulls in the Stars is a professor of physics, specializing in optical science, at UNC Charlotte. The blog covers topics in physics and optics, the history of science, classic pulp fantasy and horror fiction, and the surprising intersections between these areas. -
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I pwned NaNoWriMo… again!
I’m a winner in National Novel Writing Month! For those who haven’t been following, I surrendered most of my free time in the month of November to write a 50,000 word novel. I finished my word count ahead of schedule, … Continue reading
Call for hosts for The Giant’s Shoulders!
I noticed recently that, after December, we have no hosts lined up for the history of science blog carnival! If you’re interested in hosting over the next few months, please leave a comment, or let one of the carnival managers, Dr. … Continue reading
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Weird science facts, November 7-November 23
I’ve been posting two weeks’ worth of #weirdscfacts every week to catch up with my rate of posting on twitter, and this week I finally did so! The facts are below the fold; Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
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ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: privilege and empathy, lunar lost and found, turtle hatchling locomotion, Louis XVI’s blood, and the animal connection
“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. Study: More Privilege Means Less Empathy. David Berreby at Mind Matters describes some interesting research that suggests that, the … Continue reading
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Laird Barron’s The Imago Sequence
Still working on my NaNoWriMo novel, though I hope to finish well before the end of the month. In the meantime, I’m trying to catch up on a few long-delayed posts! Last month, I had the pleasure of reading and … Continue reading
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Weird science facts, October 24-November 6
I’m still spending my evenings furiously writing for National Novel Writing Month, but here’s the Twitter #weirdscifacts for October 24 through November 6!
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The Giant’s Shoulders #29 is out!
The Giants’ Shoulders #29 is now up at Heterodoxolgy, and it is an “esoteric sciences special”! The carnival focuses on the strange, alien and counterintuitive in the history of the sciences. Thanks to Egil for putting together a lovely carnival! Giants’ … Continue reading
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ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: Maxwell’s demon, hairy crops, poison frogs and a copper conundrum
“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. The demon is out of the bottle. No, we haven’t regressed to a superstitious era of witches and demons … Continue reading
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In the throes of National Novel Writing Month!
My regular readers* may have notice that I’ve been quite quiet over the past couple of weeks. As it turns out, I’m currently fighting my way through National Novel Writing Month! For those unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo is an annual novel-writing event, … Continue reading
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Weird science facts, October 10-October 23
The weird science blog posts are getting close to catching up with my weekly tweets! Another week and everything will be in sync. The twitter #weirdscifacts for October 10-October 23 are below the fold…
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