It wasn’t until I read the news of Leonard Nimoy’s death today that I realized two things. The first thing I realized was that I’d been expecting him to outlive not only my generation, but the next two or three as well. I’d thoroughly conflated him with the iconic Vulcan who triumphs o’er the tomb. The second thing […]
We are born, we are shadows, we cast shadows of our own, and then we are gone. All anyone can hope for is to be remembered two shadows deep. – Hugh Howey, Wool (Ch. 23) The emphasis that some of us place on being remembered … I dunno. What do I care if I’m remembered after I shuffle […]
There’s a strontium clock in Boulder, Colorado that’s accurate to within one second every 3.7 billion years. It’s so sensitive that even the almost imperceptible changes in elevation triggered by movement deep inside the Earth’s crust cause it to either speed up or slow down, depending on whether those changes “lift” or “lower” the ground beneath it. This is because […]
