It’s hip to be square root of 3
For those who don't know, the square root of 3 is an irrational number and is known as Theodorus's constant. I could waffle on about Fermat's method and all of that stuff, but I'd rather [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… lesser-known kid-focused books with genre elements
If you're reading this article, odds are good you know who Neil Gaiman is and that he's written multiple books for younger readers, including the wildly-successful Coraline* and the newer The Graveyard Book. You probably [...]
The future ain’t what it used to be…
Oblivion (noun): 1) The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening. 2) The state of sometimes being Tom Cruise in a science fiction landscape. 3) One of those Elder Scrolls games that [...]
Putting the Science Back in Science Fiction
I have always had a deep and abiding love for all things space-related. Quite naturally, this means I love science fiction. But, space geek that I am, things about it would always bug me. How, [...]