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Strange Science: Regions of the Brain Involved in Dreaming

Science has long believed that in the human brain, dreams largely occurred  during the rapid eye-movement (REM) phase of sleep, but scientists studying dreams recently have learned that different types of dreams occur in different parts of the brain, and … Continue reading

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An Interview with Jennifer R. Povey

Today, we bring you another interview with one of our Battling in All Her Finery authors, Jennifer R. Povey! DV: Tell us a bit about yourself! Jennifer R. Povey: I never think of myself as that interesting—I’m a science fiction writer … Continue reading

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Mad Scientist Alums with New Short Stories!

A number of our Mad Scientist Journal alumni have new short stories out in the world! Joachim Heijndermans has a story entitled “Last Sub to K-Tel” in A World Unimagined from Left Hand Publishers. Steve Toase has recent stories in Tincture … Continue reading

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An Interview with Matt Moran

Beginning today, we’ll be interviewing some of the authors who contributed stories for Battling in All Her Finery. You can learn more about the authors and their stories as we prepare to publish this anthology! DV: Tell us a bit about … Continue reading

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Strange Science: Top News from 2017 Regarding Heart Disease and Stroke Research

Each year, the American Heart Association compiles a list of the latest news regarding heart disease and stroke research. While a good portion of the research is related to medications and studies of various populations and heart disease, some of … Continue reading

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Review of Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne

A review by Amanda Cherry Kill the Farm Boy is the cure for every fantasy book that ever took itself too seriously. From the moment we meet Farm Boy Worstley and hear his tale of woe, and are then introduced … Continue reading

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Strange Science: The Secrets of Alchemy

A chemist at Johns Hopkins University is working to decipher alchemical formulas to determine what secrets alchemists might have once known that have been lost to time. While alchemy may seem like pseudoscience to some, Lawrence Principe has set about … Continue reading

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On Kickstarter: Further Vol. 1

Here at Mad Scientist Journal, we’re big fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so finding a comic that’s noted as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer (except without any characters you’d feel confident in trusting with supernatural disaster.)”, we’re definitely interested! Further is … Continue reading

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Strange Science: Sleeping Trees

By surveying trees via a 3-D technique known as terrestrial laser scanning, scientists have determined that trees have sleep cycles. These sleep cycles have to do with the transport of water from the ground into the leaves, something that was … Continue reading

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Review of Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers

Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ulibarri (World Weaver Press, 2018), is a collection of 17 solarpunk short stories, which World Weaver Press defines as “a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable … Continue reading

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