Joram turned to writing following a successful career in science. To his surprise, the two have a lot in common. Joram's latest publication is a collection of short stories, Notes Going Underground. Additional publications include The Open Book and Other Tales of Love and Yearning (short stories), Jellyfish Have Eyes (novel), Gene Sharing and Evolution:
The Diversity of Protein Functions (non-fiction), and The Speed of Dark, a Memoir (non-fiction).
Oh, irony, what complexity! I love irony for its veneer covering insights beneath the surface. I know, with one stroke I’ve opened pandora’s box filled with more than anyone could cover in a lifetime. Never mind; I don’t need to be comprehensive or even consistent to...
Strange, isn’t it, that the highly evolved sense of smell has been disparaged by the metaphor of “being nosey.” Why drag the nose and smell down to the level of gossip instead of being appreciated as a marvel of evolution? Why suck curiosity to learn into dangerous, muddy quicksand? Elevate your thoughts on smell.
While not conceptually new, robots are rising from science fiction to an ambiguous reality. The latest frontier: Creativity! If an artist uses a robot to create art who is the creator? The artist? Programmer? Robot? All three?