Goodbye Sally Ride

…and thanks for all the fish. I have never had an interest in space travel.  I like gravity (although decreasingly so as I age). I have a strong preference for sticking to environments where I can breathe unassisted (which explains my aversion to snorkelling).  I also distrust my own ability to get a space suit …

Periodic Tablecloth of Elements

I love science.  What else in this world runs the perennial risk of turning an entire field of facts on their ear?  Science can make facts into fiction and fiction into fact.  It is hard to get more interesting than that.  However, I am a terrible scientist because I lack the necessary precision to repeat …