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Writer Fuel: Turns Out Jupiter Looks Pretty Bland (To the Naked Eye)

Jupiter - NASA Juno Flyby

A new image captured by NASA’s Juno Jupiter explorer reveals features in the turbulent atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet in the same colors a human observer would see them. Juno(opens in new tab) took the image on July 5, 2022, during its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter(opens in new tab) using its JunoCam instrument. The spacecraft … Read more

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Review: Endosymbiont – Elizabeth Noble

Endosymbiont - Elizabeth Noble

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Sci-Fi Reviewer: Gloria, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A werewolf and seven vampires are all that stand between the world and complete annihilation. When Kai Richter and Ori Bier met, sparks flew. Then a train blew up. Tracking an organism deadly to not only humans, but vampires … Read more

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Review: Virtual Insanity – Kevin Klehr

Virtual Insanity - Kevin Klehr

Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book When Tayler is sent to Beta City to help its citizens disconnect from the all-knowing Social Media Central, he becomes the target of a deadly game. Augmented reality players wearing head to toe gaming suits believe he is the Enemy … Read more

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Writer Fuel: The Hover Bike We’ve Always Wanted

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As a boy, Shuhei Komatsu loved Star Wars movies, especially the lightning-fast land speeders. So when he grew up, he decided to make one of his own, he said. “I wanted to make something from the movie real,” Komatsu said. “It’s a land speeder for the Dark Side.” On Wednesday, he and his AERWINS Technologies … Read more

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Writer Fuel: James Web Telescope Captures Confounding Image of Star Ripples

star ripples - NAS - James Webb telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope captured mysterious concentric rings around a distant star that astronomers are still working to explain. The image, taken in July, was released on Twitter (opens in new tab) by citizen scientist Judy Schmidt, prompting a torrent of comments and head-scratching. It shows a star (opens in new tab) known as … Read more

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Review: Life Seed – Albert Nothlit

Life Seed - Albert Nothlit

Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: D.B. Wilson, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book They came to New Skye in search of a better future. The colonists, descendants of the brave people who set out to reach a new planet, found a beautiful world, rich beyond their wildest expectations.  Except for one thing. Crops … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Solved – How Ant Queens Live So Long

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How far would you go to increase your life span by 500%? One ant species engages in brutal colony-wide brawls to replace recently deceased queens — and the victor not only gains the throne, but also gets a dramatic boost to their longevity. Upon the death of a queen, Indian jumping ants (Harpegnathos saltator) battle … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Ancient Language Decoded?

Cuneiform writing - Deposit Photos

A mysterious ancient writing system called Linear Elamite, used between about 2300 B.C. and 1800 B.C. in what is now southern Iran, might have finally been deciphered, although some experts are skeptical about the findings. What’s more, it’s unclear whether all the artifacts used to decipher the writings were legally acquired. Only about 40 known … Read more

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Review: Shafter – Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Shafter - Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Genre: Sci-Fi, Colonization Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Born in the abandoned subway shafts beneath First City, Trina measures life in the coin she steals from her wealthy father’s people living above. She gives little weight to her dying mother’s fairy tales about how her father will rescue Trina and her … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Who Were the Denosovans?

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The Denisovans, together with the Neanderthals, are the closest extinct relatives of modern humans. It wasn’t until 2010 that scientists announced that the they existed, so much about them remains unknown. However, fossil and genetic evidence suggests the Denisovans lived across a wide range of areas and conditions, from the cold mountains of Siberia and … Read more