• Has Evolution Shot Itself In The Foot?

    Evolution is a wonderful thing.  We humans wouldn’t be here without it.  Life on Earth started around two billion years ago and through thick and thin, through disasters that several […]

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  • The Prime Directive

    If you are a fan of the television and movie Star Trek series, and dating from the earliest series of programs which are usually called “Star Trek, The Original Series,” then you […]

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  • Where Are They? Part 3

    In the first two entries in this series of brief examinations of the difficulty of traveling in outer space to new planets and stars and worlds, I looked at how […]

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  • Life On Venus?

    Could life ever arise on the planet Venus?  That is, Venus as it exists today.  Venus is a hellish place, with temperatures of around 462°C at the surface, rain composed of sulfuric […]

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