NEW VOICES: cat burglars
[Note: Since I'm still feverishly working on Da Book and matching up science and Hollywood, I bring you another installment from my Santa Fe Science …
Environment
get the lead out
And that's what we're doing here at the cocktail party. Let's just say it's been a little crazy since March, not just for me but …
a tale of two sarahs
Hello and happy November! I’m so flattered to be joining the Cocktail Party, so thank you for the opportunity. It probably says a lot about …
klimate kerfuffle
Jen-Luc Piquant is tres, tres fache at the moment because a group of unprincipled global warming denialists is spreading lies about our beloved American Physical …
s is for sizzle
What might happen to an idealistic marine biologist after he decides to leave the Ivory Tower? If you’re Randy Olson, you become an independent filmmaker. …
he sells sanctuary
Saturday afternoon, the Spousal Unit and I took our visiting mother-in-law to see Wall-E, the new Pixar animated feature that is, to put it mildly, …
c is for carbon: part deux
Blogmeister's Note: Today, we bring you Part Deux of Jen-Luc Piquant's hard-hitting interview with author Eric Roston, about his new book, The Carbon Age: How …
c is for carbon: part one
Back when I was living in Washington, DC, and writing the first two books, I had the privilege of receiving invaluable input from a group …
the great junkyard in the sky
Last week, I was driving home to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara along the 101, when a random piece of debris flew off a truck …
this old house
"My building has every convenienceIt's gonna make life easy for meIt's gonna be easy to get things done…" — "Don't Worry About the Government," Talking …