Human-Powered Ornithopter

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Flap those wings! On some airline flights, I’ve felt that it might be necessary to help by doing that. So does Pearls Before Swine: But here’s something real.  A team of University of Toronto students kept a human-powered ornithopter (wing-flapping … Read More

Cosmic Accidents

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New Scientist magazine recently ran a long article called Cosmic Accidents: 10 Lucky Breaks for Humanity. It’s a timeline, starting with the Big Bang, of all the things that had to happen just so, for the universe to develop in … Read More

On to Smashwords

Neptune Crossing is now available on Smashwords, from which it will go out to the Sony ebookstore, Barnes & Noble, the Apple store, and others. $2.99, in a variety of formats. I’ve tweaked the cover a little, because the red … Read More

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