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Mini-Review of Philip K. Dick’s Ubik
Death is not final in this provocative pulp-mashing novel, and life may not be what […]
Mini-Review of Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Warrior’s Apprentice
Recommended to me by an editor whom I trust, this book redefines both space operas […]
Mini-Review of Tim Power’s The Anubis Gates
I had never heard of Tim Powers until I saw him speak recently at a […]
Mini-Review of Hugh Howey’s Wool Omnibus
This surprise breakout hit novel started as a self-published short story and became an international […]
Genetic Variation within Individuals “Cannot Be Ignored”
We are all chimeras. And mothers even more so, since most have cells with DNA […]
A Robot Helps Dentists Train their Skills
It has to be seen to be believed. Flesh-realistic and action-capable robots are being used […]
Creating Stem Cells in the Body
It happened! Science caught up to my imagination. In a yet to be published manuscript […]
Psychopaths ‘have empathy switch’
A startling development in cognitive science: It turns out that those individuals who willingly inflict […]
Stem cell eye repair trials in Japan
A pioneering stem cell trial has been approved that will use induced pluripotent stem cells […]