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“Gorillas” Named Finalist for 2013 Science Seeker Award

Posted by Kim | May 15, 2013 | Science, Writing |

I’m very pleased to announce that my post, “Exploring the Mind of the Mountain...

Chris Hadfield: Science Communication at its best

Posted by Kim | May 13, 2013 | People |

Chris Hadfield Commander of Expedition 35 on the International Space Station set out to ignite Canadians’ interest in the space program and, in the process, set fire to the world. Chris Hadfield isn’t the first or...

Friday Fiction Facts: Swamp Things!

Posted by Kim | May 4, 2013 | Friday Fiction Facts, Nature |

Welcome to this week’s Friday Fiction Facts! Sciency things fiction-writers need to know. Last time I wrote about swamps, bogs, and other wetlands. This time, as I promised, I’m going to tell you about some of the confusing...

The Stuff of Stars

Posted by Kim | Apr 15, 2013 | Kim in Print, People, Writing |

Thirty-five years ago this week, Carl Sagan was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book, The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence. Sagan was first a scientist— an astrophysicist and cosmologist. But...

Friday Fiction Facts: Swamps, Marshes & Bogs

Posted by Kim | Apr 5, 2013 | Friday Fiction Facts, Science |

Welcome to Friday Fiction Facts: sciency things that fiction writers need to know. I recently received an email from a writer who told me she was working on a novel in which one of the settings was a swamp. As she started to...