February Science Answer
How many people have had their genes sequenced since the Human Genome Project was complete? 5 years ago- a very small number of human genomes had been sequenced Two […]
Category Archives: Writing Science Fiction
February Science Question- Gene Sequencing
How many people have had their genes sequenced since the Human Genome Project was complete? Credibility is vital in science fiction novels. I went cold when I realized that I didn’t know […]
Age of Reason vs. the Information Age
Since I am writing a science fiction novel with some nearly immortal characters, I get to have fun conversations with them. Here is a portion of one: “Robert, why don’t you […]
Are You Privileged? Recent History May Tell
This week I’m tackling a hard subject. In the novel I’m writing, one character is biologically immortal. He’s 251. He’s been in the US Marines for nearly his entire life. […]
The Language of Longevity
If someone from Elizabethan England were still living, would they find themselves saying, “What think ye?” rather than “What do you think?” As a novelist, I have to make a […]
Photographic Memory- Fact or Fiction?
I initially thought that my protagonist should have a photographic memory. It would be interesting for someone 250+ years old to remember almost anything he’d seen with high accuracy. He […]
Healing With Stem Cells-STAP Cells
For the novel I’m writing, I need a stem cell that can form inside the human body and rejeuvenate and heal characters. iPS cells, the ones I reported on last […]
