Roxannebarbour
A blog to promote my novels, and post quotations, and articles on science, mathematics, space.
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Roxanne Barbour, Author
http://roxannebarbour.wordpress.com/
A blog to promote my novels, and also post quotations, articles about science, mathematics, space.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 147 )
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Quotation – March 13, 2014
Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You’ll be amazed at what will come out on paper. I’m... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Blue Alien Planet Explained: Inside Hubble’s Exoplanet Color Discovery...
by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist Date: 11 July 2013 Time: 09:00 AM ET Light from the planet HD 189733b was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and analyzed. Read more
Posted on 29 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Huge Dinosaur Tail Discovered in Mexico
By Laura Poppick, Staff Writer | July 23, 2013 12:06pm ET via LiveScience.com This is the first intact dinosaur tail to be discovered in Mexico. Fifty vertebrat... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2013 SCIENCE -
Quotation – March 22, 2013
From a “Dear Abby” post in The Province (Vancouver, BC) February 11, 1990Dear Abby: No problems here today–just happiness and bursting with pride! In 1985, a... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Google’s Interactive Starmap Will Eat Your Day Whole
DATE: FEB 12, 2013 | AUTHOR: DAVID WHARTON | CATEGORY: SCI-FI IN REAL LIFE via GiantFreakinRobot.com Want to wave goodbye to any chance of productivity for the... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Via LifeScience.com Ancient Temple Discovered in Peru by ...
via LifeScience.com Ancient Temple Discovered in Peru by LiveScience Staff Date: 14 February 2013 Time: 02:58 PM ET Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered what... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2013 CREATIVITY, CULTURE, HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Monster Black Holes Grow Surprisingly Fast
CREDIT: NASA/Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital This image depicts three hot blobs of matter orbiting a black hole. If placed in our Solar System, this black hole... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Salty Antarctic Pond May Hold Clues to Water on Mars
by Megan Gannon via LiveScience.com A camera installed above Don Juan Pond in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys took 16,000 images in two months, documenting... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Copper Sulfide Could Enable Faster Memory Chips and More Efficient Batteries
February 11, 2013 via SciTechDaily Science Artistic rendering of copper sulfide above the critical temperature at which it becomes “superionic.” Click on image... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Synthetic Biology Circuits Perform Logic Functions and Remember the Results
February 11, 2013 by Staff via SciTechDaily Engineers at MIT have developed genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
4.5 Billion ‘Alien Earths’ May Populate Milky Way
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Date: 07 February 2013 Time: 01:53 PM ET This artist’s conception shows a hypothetical habitable planet with two moons... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – January 14, 2013
In private correspondence the great mystery writer Raymond Chandler once confessed that even if he didn’t write anything, he made sure he sat down at his desk... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
DIY a Hoth Winter Wonderland With Star Wars Snowflakes
via Mashable Eric LarsonNov 19, 2012 More good news for Star Wars enthusiasts. As if an announcement of a new franchise andAngry Birds collaboration weren’t... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2013 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Book Review: The Devil Colony
Roxanne Barbour’s Reviews > The Devil Colony The Devil Colony (Sigma Force, #7) by James Rollins (Goodreads Author) Roxanne Barbour‘s review Dec 30, 12 ·... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Book Review: The Casual Vacancy
Roxanne Barbour’s Reviews > The Casual Vacancy The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Roxanne Barbour‘s review Nov 02, 12 · edit Read in October, 2012 Blurb... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Book Review: Zoo
Roxanne Barbour’s Reviews > Zoo Zoo by James Patterson (Goodreads Author) Roxanne Barbour‘s review Dec 30, 12 · edit Read in October, 2012 Blurb: All... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Book Review: The Breath of Dawn
Roxanne Barbour’s Reviews > The Breath of Dawn The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann Roxanne Barbour‘s review Dec 30, 12 · edit bookshelves:... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Puerto Rico Picture — Fire Wallpaper — National Geographic Photo of the Day
Puerto Rico Picture — Fire Wallpaper — National Geographic Photo of the Day. Read more
Posted on 28 December 2012 SCIENCE -
Quotation – December 20, 2012
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
SciFaiku Review: SciFaiku #22 – A View to Wonder
SciFaiku ReviewSciFaiku (Science Fiction haiku) is a form of poetry inspired by Japanese Haiku.SciFaiku poems are short, minimalistic, poems about science and... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE