Kevin A. Barnes https://www.kevinabarnes.com/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:08:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 3451311 At last, my return to writing is complete . . . https://www.kevinabarnes.com/at-last-my-return-to-writing-is-complete/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/at-last-my-return-to-writing-is-complete/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:53:25 +0000 https://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=4415 I’m back! Did I miss anything? 1 While I spent the last decade focused on...

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/at-last-my-return-to-writing-is-complete/feed/ 0 4415 LeGuin, COVID, and The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas https://www.kevinabarnes.com/leguin-covid-and-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/leguin-covid-and-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:13:27 +0000 https://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=4293 COVID-19 cases are on the rise, yet most people are choosing to forgo face masks. What happens when choosing to exercise a personal freedom harms others? Long before COVID-19 existed, author Ursula K. LeGuin was considering that question.

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/leguin-covid-and-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/feed/ 0 4293 An Open Letter to President Biden and the DNC https://www.kevinabarnes.com/an-open-letter-to-president-biden-and-the-dnc/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/an-open-letter-to-president-biden-and-the-dnc/#respond Sun, 17 Dec 2023 15:15:08 +0000 https://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=4250 2024 will be the third consecutive presidential election where the electorate is being told "a vote for the Democratic nominee is a vote against Trump." This time around, however, the electorate has had no say in choosing who that Democratic nominee will be.

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/an-open-letter-to-president-biden-and-the-dnc/feed/ 0 4250 Third planet discovered orbiting Proxima Centauri https://www.kevinabarnes.com/third-planet-discovered-orbiting-proxima-centauri/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/third-planet-discovered-orbiting-proxima-centauri/#respond Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:50:52 +0000 https://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=4180 In October 2012, I shared how astronomers had announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our Sun. Now a decade later, the planet count in Proxima Centauri system potentially has been raised to three with the discovery of what appears to be another smaller planet.

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/third-planet-discovered-orbiting-proxima-centauri/feed/ 0 4180 Michio Kaku explores the future of the mind https://www.kevinabarnes.com/michio-kaku-explores-future-mind/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/michio-kaku-explores-future-mind/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 01:34:53 +0000 http://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=3601 On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 — one day after the release of his new book, The Future of the Mind — theoretical physicist Michio Kaku spoke to a standing room only audience at Milwaukee's Boswell Book Company about the future of the human mind.

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/michio-kaku-explores-future-mind/feed/ 1 3601 Two Milwaukee educators chosen as NASA Astronomy Ambassadors https://www.kevinabarnes.com/milwaukee-educators-chosen-as-astronomy-ambassadors/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/milwaukee-educators-chosen-as-astronomy-ambassadors/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:38:54 +0000 http://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=3548 Milwaukee educators Jean Creighton and Kathy Gustavson chosen by NASA to serve as astronomy ambassadors.

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/milwaukee-educators-chosen-as-astronomy-ambassadors/feed/ 1 3548 Where is underground Milwaukee? https://www.kevinabarnes.com/where-is-underground-milwaukee/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/where-is-underground-milwaukee/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:21:22 +0000 http://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=1077 What strange and fascinating things are hidden below the streets of Milwaukee?

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/where-is-underground-milwaukee/feed/ 5 1077 NASA symposium looks ahead https://www.kevinabarnes.com/nasa-symposium-looks-ahead/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/nasa-symposium-looks-ahead/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2014 13:00:54 +0000 http://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=3481 The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium took place February 4-6, 2014 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/nasa-symposium-looks-ahead/feed/ 0 3481 The Drake Equation https://www.kevinabarnes.com/drake-equation/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/drake-equation/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:00:29 +0000 http://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=3416 The Drake Equation is a formula to calculate the number of communicating civilizations in our galaxy.

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]]> https://www.kevinabarnes.com/drake-equation/feed/ 1 3416 Odds improve for the existence of life beyond Earth https://www.kevinabarnes.com/odds-improve-for-the-existence-of-life-beyond-earth/ https://www.kevinabarnes.com/odds-improve-for-the-existence-of-life-beyond-earth/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:04:52 +0000 http://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=3353 Recent research has increased the number of places beyond Earth where we believe life could arise.

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