-
Archives
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- September 2011
-
Meta
Monthly Archives: January 2019
I Didn’t Break the Lamp Kickstarter Launches Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the big day when we launch our Kickstarter for I Didn’t Break the Lamp: Historical Accounts of Imaginary Acquaintances! Be sure to check it out as early as you can tomorrow so you can get in on the sweet … Continue reading
Posted in Administrative
Tagged I Didn't Break the Lamp, imaginary acquaintances, Kickstarter Project, Mad Scientist Journal Presents
Comments Off on I Didn’t Break the Lamp Kickstarter Launches Tomorrow!
Mad Scientist Alum on the Bram Stoker Preliminary List!
The 2018 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot has been announced, and three MSJ alum are on it! Gwendolyn Kiste has been nominated for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for her The Rust Maidens (Journalstone, 2018). L. Chan and Steve Toase … Continue reading
Posted in Mad Scientist News
Tagged Pimping
Comments Off on Mad Scientist Alum on the Bram Stoker Preliminary List!
That Man Behind the Curtain: December 2018
December was focused mostly on getting Winter 2019’s quarterly out the door. Amazon’s Createspace is being absorbed by Amazon’s KDP Print, and this was our first stab at publishing a book through them. There was a sharp learning curve, as … Continue reading
Posted in Man Behind the Curtain
Tagged Behind the Scenes
Comments Off on That Man Behind the Curtain: December 2018
Sacrifice
An essay by Eleanor Bradley, as provided by Annika Sundberg Art by Leigh Legler My name is Eleanor Bradley and I am the reason you are alive. How do I know this, you ask? Anyone could be reading this. But … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged Annika Sundberg, Eleanor Bradley, Leigh Legler, Marine Biology, Tardigrade, Xenobiology
Comments Off on Sacrifice
Strange Science: Sonic Attack Followup
Back in June, we talked about an incident in 2016 when U.S. diplomats in Cuba claimed to have been attacked with some sort of sonic weapon. However, after analyzing the audio recording of the attack, scientists now suggest that the … Continue reading
Posted in Strange Science
Tagged Follow-Up, Strange Science
Comments Off on Strange Science: Sonic Attack Followup
Knitting and Science
Ask any knitter about the stretch of a knitted piece, and they can tell you a bit about physics, even if they don’t identify what they’re doing as science. This article at Physics World talks about how one physicist accepted … Continue reading
Posted in Awesome Finds
Tagged Awesome Finds, Physics, science education
Comments Off on Knitting and Science
Review of Magic or Die
J. P. Jackson’s novel Magic or Die (NineStar Press, 2018) is a novel that explores the dark side of how people with enormous and uncontrollable magical power might be handled by governments and society. It’s an urban fantasy novel with … Continue reading
Coming in February: Our Next Anthology Kickstarter!
Mad Scientist Journal is pleased to announce our next anthology, I Didn’t Break the Lamp: Historical Accounts of Imaginary Acquaintances. We’ll be launching the Kickstarter for this anthology on February 1st, and we’ll be sharing information about the Kickstarter far and wide once it’s up and running. But in the … Continue reading
Every Little Star
An essay by Evangeline Artemisia “Artie” Quelch, as provided by Fiona Moore Art by America Jones 5 May 1963. Two weeks sealed in the pilot’s cabin on top of the gigantic Shackleton speed-of-light rocket had made me intimately familiar with … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged America Jones, Computer Science, Fiona Moore, Space Travel
Comments Off on Every Little Star
Strange Science: Weaponizing Insects
Our Monday story from Rick Tobin hypothesized about weaponizing insects, but he recently ran across an article that suggests that some believe that the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) could be doing just that. DARPA spearheads a … Continue reading
Posted in Strange Science
Tagged Botany, Insectology, Strange Science
Comments Off on Strange Science: Weaponizing Insects