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  • Science Fiction
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Urban fantasy/Slipstream

Max’s fiction focuses on characters you care about. Sometimes ordinary, sometimes quirky, sometimes downright evil, the conflict between the characters drives the story.

 


Meantime, here’s the lastest science news.

  • Artificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce storm damage
    on March 27, 2024 at 8:51 pm

    Engineers designed an ‘architected’ reef that can mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while providing pockets for marine life. The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate more than 95 percent of incoming wave energy using a small fraction of the material normally needed.

  • Persistent hiccups in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior
    on March 27, 2024 at 7:49 pm

    Astronomers have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of a galaxy about 800 million light years away, has suddenly erupted, giving off plumes of gas every 8.5 days before settling back to its normal, quiet state.

  • Land under water: What causes extreme flooding?
    on March 27, 2024 at 7:48 pm

    If rivers overflow their banks, the consequences can be devastating — just like the catastrophic floods in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate of 2021 showed. In order to limit flood damage and optimize flood risk assessment, we need to better understand what factors can lead to extreme forms of flooding and to what extent. Using methods of explainable machine learning, researchers have shown that floods are more extreme when several factors are involved in their development.

  • Robot, can you say ‘cheese’?
    on March 27, 2024 at 7:48 pm

    What would you do if you walked up to a robot with a human-like head and it smiled at you first? You’d likely smile back and perhaps feel the two of you were genuinely interacting. But how does a robot know how to do this? Or a better question, how does it know to get you to smile back?

  • Researchers turn back the clock on cancer cells to offer new treatment paradigm
    on March 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm

    Scientists reversed an aggressive cancer, reverting malignant cells towards a more normal state. Rhabdoid tumors are an aggressive cancer which is missing a key tumor suppressor protein. Scientists discovered that removing a second protein from cancer cells already experiencing tumor suppressor loss can reverse cancer cell identity.

  • Making long-term memories requires nerve-cell damage
    on March 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm

    Just as you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs, scientists have found that you can’t make long-term memories without DNA damage and brain inflammation.

  • More efficient TVs, screens and lighting
    on March 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm

    New multidisciplinary research could lead to more efficient televisions, computer screens and lighting.