From 1995, a picture of Kathy at the Royal Observatory, at Greenwich. She’s standing on the prime meridian, but the scanner’s cut off her feet so you can’t see it. The photo may have been taken by Sue Casper or Gardner Dozois, who joined us on the excursion. We were zigzagging our way to the […]

The moon and Venus near the horizon. Earlier tonight.

No doubt you all remember my Nebula-winning story, “The Green Leopard Plague,” which revolves around a contagious virus which allows people to take energy direct from the sun. Well, guess what? I’ve scored another hit on the WJW Predict-O-Meter! According to this video, “scientists” (as they are always called in these presentations) have worked out […]

From 1980, Olympia in Greece, home of the original Olympic Games. The row of plinths on the left memorialize those caught cheating. Their home cities were expected to purchase a bronze statue of Zeus to be placed on one of these plinths, which was then carved with the name of the cheater, the name of […]