BEN BOVA

• Ben Bova: Soup, facial tissue and Paddy's Published 05/13/2012 at 4 a.m.

  I'm on the wrong side of the law. The law of supply and demand, that is. I demand, but nobody's supplying.

• BEN BOVA: "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars" tells of global climate change Published 04/29/2012 at 4 a.m.

  I’m reading a very interesting book: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, by Michael E. Mann.

• BEN BOVA: Like it or not, our environment is changing Published 04/08/2012 at 4 a.m.

  “Save the environment!” How many times have we heard that plea? It’s an emotional appeal in a good cause.

• Ben Bova: Words matter; choose them wisely Published 03/11/2012 at 5 a.m.

  Writing is something of a mystical art.

• Ben Bova: We go back a long, long way Published 01/15/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The late astronomer Thomas Gold often said, "I'd rather be wrong than dull."

• Ben Bova: The science is called magnetohydrodynamics -- MHD, for short. Published 01/08/2012 at 4 a.m.

  I write novels about the juncture where science and politics meet.

• Ben Bova: 'The Grand Tour' of the future Published 11/06/2011 at 3 a.m.

  The background for this scenario is the inevitable climate shift, caused by global warming, that is already taking place, here and now. Whatever the causes of today's global warming, the fact is that our planet's climate is changing, as it ...

• Ben Bova: The tradition of Halloween Published 10/30/2011 at 4 a.m.

  Tomorrow is Hallowe'en, the holiday that bears a faint memory of the times when people actually venerated their departed relatives.

• BEN BOVA: Oct. 16, 2011 ... Faster than light? Experiment opens interesting possibilities Published 10/16/2011 at 6 a.m.

  There’s an old Chinese curse that reads, “May you live in interesting times.”

• BEN BOVA: Sept. 25, 2011 ... One long drive: Laying out the 1st golf course on the Moon Published 09/25/2011 at 6 a.m.

  A few weeks ago I wrote a column about golf. Now I’m working on a short piece of fiction about constructing a golf course — on the Moon.

• Ben Bova: 'Not everything is equal to everything else' Published 03/04/2012 at 4 a.m.

  “Science is just another way of looking at the world, no better than philosophy or religion or whatever world view you personally want to adopt.”

• Ben Bova: Don't bother me with what's important Published 02/05/2012 at 4 a.m.

  That could well be the byword of the 2012 political campaign.

• Ben Bova: Published 01/22/2012 at 4 a.m.

  A great American’s birthday slipped by a few weeks ago with hardly anyone noticing.

• Ben Bova: Ben Bova ... Sizing up science behind us and ahead Published 01/02/2012 at 9:44 a.m.

  The Roman god Janus was the god of transitions, of endings and beginnings, of gates, doorways and time. He was usually portrayed as having two faces, one that looked forward, the other backward.

• Ben Bova: Political right and left 'occupy' my thoughts Published 12/04/2011 at 4 a.m.

  A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Today I'd like to comment about the Tea Party movement.

• BEN BOVA: Oct. 9, 2011 ... "Rocky" reminds us we can be contenders Published 10/09/2011 at 6 a.m.

  I saw the movie “Rocky” again on television a few nights ago. And, as usual, got a lump in my throat.

• BEN BOVA: October 2, 2011 ... Mixed emotions on 54th anniversary of the Space Age Published 10/02/2011 at 6:59 a.m.

  Fifty-four years ago, come Tuesday, Soviet Russia launched the first artificial satellite of Earth: Sputnik 1.

• BEN BOVA: Sept. 4, 2011... A slice of irony about global warming Published 09/03/2011 at midnight

  It’s an ill wind that blows no good.

• BEN BOVA: Aug. 28, 2011 ... 'Don’t mess with science fiction fans.' Published 08/28/2011 at 6 a.m.

  By the time you read this, I will be in Albuquerque, attending a science fiction convention.

• BEN BOVA: Aug. 21, 2011 ... Science-fictional ideas in the 1970s are now coming true Published 08/21/2011 at 6 a.m.

  Back in the early 1970s I served as the science adviser to one of the worst television shows of all time.

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