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Mad Scientist Alumni News
Our MSJ alums (and one of our co-editors) have been up to all sorts of writing excitement recently! Here’s a sampling of what we’ve heard about! Steve Toase has a story in the Janus issue of Pantheon Magazine. Gwendolyn Kiste’s … Continue reading
Strange Science: Prehistoric Crocodile Named after Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead
Just when you thought science couldn’t get any cooler, paleontologists recently reexamined fossil evidence of a prehistoric giant crocodile and determined that an additional species had been identified in the fossil record. They also decided to give this crocodile an … Continue reading
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Review of Starfall by Jessie Kwak
Starfall by Jessie Kwak (2016) is an exciting action and adventure novella set in a fascinating world of intrigue and organized crime in space. The Durga System, where the book takes place, is a system settled by refugees from Earth, … Continue reading
Strange Science: Dialects and Physics?
A mathematician has suggested that the distribution of dialects can be linked to the physics of bubbles. Sounds weird? There seems to be something to this idea. Just as small bubbles merge into larger ones in the tub, groups of dialect … Continue reading
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You Can Help Make the Eclipse Megamovie!
Do you have plans to view the total solar eclipse that will be crossing the United States on August 21st, 2017? If so, you can participate in making an eclipse megamovie! The eclipse megamovie is looking for photographs from viewers … Continue reading
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Strange Science: Unidentified Bones
When pre-industrial peoples across Europe and other parts of the world saw oversized bones eroding out of landforms, they often believed that they could have been the bones of creatures from myths and legends. Elephant skulls seemed as though they … Continue reading
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Review of The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente
The Refrigerator Monologues (Saga Press, 2017) by Catherynne Valente is a beautiful, but challenging, read. The difficulty is not in the writing, but rather in the content, as the narrative follows the women who have been part of a super … Continue reading
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Strange Science: The Weight of Clouds
When you look up at clouds in the sky, you typically think of them as fluffy and light, right? Turns out, clouds are HEAVY! The average cumulus cloud weighs over a million pounds! Which presents a couple of questions: 1) how … Continue reading
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Alumni News
We’ve got a bunch of news from past and future alumni! T. J. Tranchell has published a collection of short stories, Asleep in the Nightmare Room, through Blysster Press. This marks his second publication with Blysster Press, who published his novella, Cry … Continue reading