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Row, row row your boat, James Clerk Maxwell (1841)

Posted on January 23, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Another short post inspired by my work on my upcoming book on the history of invisibility physics! James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) is rightly regarded as one of the most important physicists of the 19th century, and indeed of all time, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Young sees the light (1800)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by skullsinthestars

A post inspired by work I’m doing on my next book, on the history of invisibility! Also will help me get my thoughts in order to write the book chapter. At the turn of the nineteenth century, humanity’s understanding of … Continue reading →

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Some photos of the conjunction!

Posted on December 22, 2020 by skullsinthestars

You may have heard that yesterday there was a rare planetary conjunction, in which Jupiter and Saturn appear very close together in the sky! Well, the planets will still be close for several days, and I thought I would go … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 18

Posted on December 2, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Time for another round of old school Dungeons and Dragons, taken from my long-running twitter series! Dragons (1986), by Cory Glaberson. Here is another supplement in the Role Aids line for D&D that was produced by Mayfair Games, originally under … Continue reading →

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Superoscillations: imaging beyond the limits of diffraction

Posted on November 22, 2020 by skullsinthestars

This past week I gave a virtual talk to the Charlotte Amateur Astronomy Club about a fascinating development in wave physics and imaging called “superoscillations,” and I thought I would record a version that I could share here! Hopefully the … Continue reading →

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Some of my favorite horror video games!

Posted on November 10, 2020 by skullsinthestars

So Halloween may be done, but I’m not quite done with Halloween! I was sitting around thinking about horror-themed video games, and decided that I wanted to put together a list of some of my favorites! Such a list is, … Continue reading →

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Halloween Treats 2020!

Posted on October 30, 2020 by skullsinthestars

I almost forgot to do one of my oldest blog traditions: sharing a series of classic ghost and horror stories to celebrate Halloween! The list of past post is too long to share these days, but you can search “Halloween … Continue reading →

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I am now an OSA Fellow!

Posted on October 9, 2020 by skullsinthestars

I’ve been a little quiet on the blog lately thanks to a combination of lots of work, lots of D&D games during the week, and just stress about the world! Hoping to get back to a more regular schedule in … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 17

Posted on August 28, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Since I’m behind in compiling my old school D&D posts from twitter, here’s another post! Operation Seventh Seal (1985), by Evan Robinson. Let’s look at an adventure from another TSR roleplaying game, Top Secret!

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 16

Posted on August 27, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Been a while since I’ve compiled my twitter threads on old school D&D, so time to catch up a bit! Reunion (1998), by Jackie Cassada and Nicky Rea.  Here we look at a rather unusual specimen from the Al-Qadim line … Continue reading →

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