I had the pleasure to participate in fish biology fieldwork again in Tubbataha reefs, between Palawan and the Visayas, this year; Our main intention was to survey the number of fish species and their abundance, and to get the data and photographs for an upcoming book about the fishes... #Tubbataha| Pacificklaus
Wandering among Words 13: Incongruity incongruous (adj.)from Latin incongruus, inconsistent, not agreeing, misfit, unsuitable. Call me sad if you like but I’ve always liked puns, Christmas cracker riddles and dad jokes, however groanworthy they indubitably are. For instance, ‘What do you get when you cross a policeman with a skunk?’ – ‘Law and odour.’ Okay, … Continue reading Lexical paradoxes| Calmgrove
I recently wrote a blog post about some detailed thoughts on what I consider the most fascinating hypothesis to be| Pacificklaus – Pacificklaus
Last year was so much of a whirlwind (seven conferences and workshops, work on several research articles and white papers; preparing a science outreach comic book storyboard, a new anthology, an audio drama…) that I barely ever got to pause for a moment and report on it, and updating my website is long overdue. For now, here’s a taste of what’s coming in 2025.| Julie Nováková
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It is the title of a paper by Milli, Hadfield-Menell, Dragan and Russell which can be found here. Their goal is to demonstrate that when a human is not perfectly rational and delegates decision mak…| The Leisure of the Theory Class
It’s that time of the year again, and this time a great responsibility comes with it: I won’t summarize just my own genre awards-eligible work published in 2023, but most importantly others’ contributions I only helped bring into the world. Life Beyond Us (published on April 22, 2023, by Laksa Media), which I co-edited with...| Julie Nováková
It’s been less than a week since Life Beyond Us has been published, but the reviews are coming in – and they are stellar (pun intended)! Fierce and imaginative. – Aimee Jodoin, Foreword Reviews An outstanding collection emphasizing the hard science behind science fiction. – John Mauro, Grimdark Magazine A particular treat for hard SF...| Julie Nováková
Good news, everyone! Life Beyond Us is officially getting published on April 22 (Earth Day). 582 pages. 27 stories. 27 essays. Honestly, I didn’t expect it to be so enormous when I first conceived the project; it just grew under our hands – and it grew into beauty. Life Beyond Us can already be pre-ordered...| Julie Nováková
Chicon 2022, this year’s Worldcon, starts in a few days! I’m attending a few online panels of the hybrid-run convention – here’s my schedule. We’ll be talking planetary science (ever wondered about those single-biome planets?) and translations (not only) to and from Polish (if you wondered – no, I don’t speak Polish, but a few...| Julie Nováková
After more than two years of online-only talks, I’m back in live programming, starting with moderating the session “To Mars and Beyond” at ESOF2022 on July 14, at 2.15 p.m., in Leiden, Netherlands. Together with astrobiologist Barbara Cavalazzi, planetary geologist Angelo Pio Rossi and ESA’s Senior Strategy Officer Stefaan de Mey, we’ll discuss the future...| Julie Nováková
It’s that time of the year again. You know, the one when 22,000 people a day test covid-positive in a 10-million country that does not do enough testing and where far too many people remain (and worse, want to remain) unvaccinated — Oh, wait – that too, but it’s the time of the year for...| Julie Nováková
I’m happy to announce that Life Beyond Us, the anthology of astrobiology-themed SF stories accompanied by science essays we’re preparing at the European Astrobiology Institute and Laksa Media, has not only funded, but also reached the first two stretch goals already! There are still almost two days to go to potentially reach the third –...| Julie Nováková
Life Beyond Us is an anthology of astrobiology-themed original SF stories by 22 amazing authors of SF and accompanying essays by 22 scientists. The Kickstarter for the book is running right now, and I’ll be bringing you short interviews with each of the story authors. Today, please welcome Julie E. Czerneda! Which branch of science...| Julie Nováková
Like Tilman Borgers I believe that all behavioral economics and social psychology books should be housed in the self-help section of the bookstore. Indeed, Tilman tells me, that when bookstores exi…| The Leisure of the Theory Class