Otherways- Fiction Fanatics

Typically, writers are seen as a solitary lot. In many cases, this isn't far from the truth. Spending hours of time involved with people and places of your own creation does tend to limit the amount of time left over for more social pursuits. The image of the poet in his drafty attic room or the novelist hunched over his keyboard may need a little modernization, but they aren't obsolete. This tendency, however, may not be in the best interests of anyone t...

I know, there are a million crazy things happening in the world right now, so I probably shouldn’t bring another one to your attention. I can’t help myself, though, because it is both deeply cool and deeply disturbing at the same time.

You know all about DNA, I’m sure. Hard not to with all the CSI/NCIS type shows talking about it regularly. You probably also know that it is illegal to experimen...

3D printers keep making the news, and for good reason. There are companies using giant versions to create affordable housing in China. New homes built this way take mere days to complete, and cost approximately 25% of what a traditionally built home would cost. Others are using the same technology to create wheelchairs for small companion animals that can no longer walk, or prosthetic limbs for humans. They can use them now to create a perfect 3D image of...