Posts by Dr. Allen F. Bortrum

Gravity wave and gamma ray burst reveal a neutron star merger in another galaxy over a hundred million years ago. Astronomy enters a new era as a result.

Tiny Holland an agricultural superpower. Can activating the brain cure addiction??

Could black holes be dark matter? A forgotten man who knew how to read German.

Wildebeests die crossing a river. Lack of toilets kills huge numbers of humans. Docking of a spacecraft at the International Space Station.

Fungi and algae get together to form edible and not so edible lichens. A plant-like fish.

Plants don't have a brain but still have surprising capabilities

Recycling in early galaxies. Cyborg sees color. Beetles that look like ants.

Another large tumor. Correction of a date in Bortrum's youth. Tidal forces in the cosmos.

Past life at Bell Labs. Possible life on Earth-size planets and elsewhere both in and beyond our own solar system. Did life on Earth emerge earlier than previously thought?

Mating behavior in meerkats and a shark. Neanderthals not stupid. A star headed our way.