Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

I remember how careful we were during the first weeks of the Covid-19 plague. We got our groceries delivered, left on the porch or (if snowi...

Have you ever heard the term “Dark Forest” in reference to one of the universe’s big mysteries? I had not until I read Richard Powers’ won...

In Richard Powers' novel "Bewilderment," Theo Byrne’s nine-year-old son Robin may have ADHD or Asberger’s or is somewhere on t...

In the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," versions one and two, an intergalactic diplomat comes to earth, tells humans they are...

The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center  web site has become the key Covid-19 site in the U.S. and probably worldwide. Stats as of 5/1...

Is anyone else checking those daily COVID-19 tallies from Johns Hopkins University ? It's become a habit. It's always bad news. Th...

I like to think that I was a witness to history during Moon Landing Week in July 1969. I witnessed the launch from the beach the morning o...

Always on the lookout for mentions of Wyoming on the Internet. This one is a chapter in Wyoming counterculture history. An Oct. 31 Westwor...

Jane Hirshfield has teamed up with the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University to form #poetsforscience which will commemorate thi...

If he were still alive, Kurt Vonnegut might have attended the science march near him this weekend. New York City will probably have a big on...

It's snowing. April comes in like a lion... Those cruel bastards that make up the Republican Party will get more wake-up calls in Apr...

Official logo of the March for Science Wyoming, set for Laramie on April 22. T-shirts are for sale with this design. All of the proceeds g...

Building 500 on a January afternoon. Coronary Q & A After a short visit to the eighth floor of Building 500 on the University of ...

It began with a hallucination. Flashback, I thought, after-effects of my misspent youth. My vision lit up with sparkles and crinkles, as...

Did you know that we had a "science geek" in the White House? For now, anyway. He points us toward the future even while the incom...

The Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Telemetry Lab staffer called me Friday. She wanted to know how I was doing. I said "fine" but...

You can't spell "progressive" without "progress." That's a fact. But you can be a political progressive withou...

On Sunday, October 12, at 2 p.m., local Democrats are hosting a Meet and Greet/Fund-raiser for Pete Gosar and Mike Ceballos . In case you h...

Democratic Party Gubernatorial candidate Pete Gosar was bemused by Gov. Mead's announcement of the selection of a panel to improve scie...

Refreshing to have a Wyoming gubernatorial candidate who actually believes in science and modern science education. In case you haven...