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My novel, Hearts in Ruin, asks whether human civilization fluctuated more than we realize within the hundred-thousand-year span to the present. But that span is just a fraction of the time men and women have walked the Earth, and the silent … Continue reading
Linguists have made further advancements in showing a relationship between Siberian and Alaskan languages called the Dené–Yeniseian family. Dené is the Alaskan and Yeniseian is the Siberian branch of the family. Linguists used phylogenetic analysis, relying on linguistic similarities and ancient migration … Continue reading
The question of Pre-Clovis occupation of the American continents plays prominently in my new novel, Hearts in Ruin. The mystery of humanity’s occupation of the continent is not mere fiction. Evidence continues to be developed that challenges past presumptions, including … Continue reading
Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot is showing signs of age. The spot, known to be caused by a great, uninterrupted storm in the Jovian atmosphere, has been shrinking for many decades. But the visible evidence of it has never been … Continue reading
Scientists have reconstructed an asteroid that hit Earth 3.26 billion years ago. The graphic above compares it to the to the size of the asteroid thought to have killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The ancient asteroid dwarfs both … Continue reading
NASA released this animation of a mission to capture a boulder from the surface of an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft, called an asteroid redirect vehicle, would use robotic arms to pluck a 3-meter boulder off the asteroid. The spacecraft would … Continue reading
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Destination: Kepler-186f Mode of Transportation: Pending Science fiction stories abound with distant colonies on Earth-like worlds. But the existence of those planets has been speculation (and reasonable minds can disagree about how warranted such speculation is). But now, while the … Continue reading
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Urban myths abound. One that is simply dead wrong, but consistently repeated, is that Albert Einstein failed at math as a young student. It’s an extremely useful fallacy to repeat when seeking to console young students whose math grades are … Continue reading
The 2nd SPACE Conference will be held June 20-21, 2014 at the Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel, with a call for papers on all aspects of how we can build a space-faring society. Subtopics include Humanities (e.g., Astrosociology, Space law, Economics), … Continue reading
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It’s old news, but it bears repeating from time to time. The Wow! Signal is a radio signal detected during a SETI scan in 1977. Its name derives from SETI volunteer Jerry Ehman’s written marginal comment on the computer printout … Continue reading
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J. C. Conway 