Category Archives: Real Science

Occasional notes about my day job: curing cancer, cloning, that sort of thing, you know

Dr. Ogilvey’s Exaltation Theory

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Scientists need to get a new view of dinosaurs that includes thinking about the high end of their behavior, not just the usual lizard-like, low end ideas. Continue reading →

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A Molecular Weapon

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Tom Hopp

I’ve got a feeling that my biotech sleuth, Dr. Peyton McKean, will soon embark on an adventure that involves tracking down a murderer bent on using this deadly molecular weapon. Continue reading →

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Mudball Mars

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Someday when astronauts begin terraforming Mars to make it habitable for people, they won’t be troubled by dust so much as by mud. Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Now that real science has caught up to my fiction writing, I think the time is right for a new Hollywood screen image of the dinosaur. Sorry Jurassic Park, but your T rex is obsolete. Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Killer Hormone

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Tom Hopp

At my company, CGT, we’re developing a vaccine that can block the function of a cancer hormone, giving patients a better fighting chance to resist and destroy the tumors that are trying to destroy them. Continue reading →

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Presenting the Wooly Pachyrhinosaurus

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Here’s the latest in dinosaur fashions: fur! Continue reading →

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Candle smoke is bad for you

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Tom Hopp

We all should take it upon ourselves to complain to those who foist candles on us everywhere like cigarettes once were: WE WON’T INHALE YOUR POISON ANY MORE! Continue reading →

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A Girl, Her Pony — And T-Rex!

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Kit Daniels named her quarter horse “Lucky,” but as you can see, Kit and Lucky may not be so lucky after all unless the old mare can put some distance between her and that hungry Tyrannosaurus. Continue reading →

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Those Crazy Crested Kra

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Tom Hopp

Girl dinosaurs and boy dinosaurs used to be irresistibly attracted to members of the opposite sex who displayed the greatest fashion sense in cranial accessories. Continue reading →

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Tortugas Today

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Tom Hopp

So that’s the new way of life for sea turtles these days. Endangered by human predators, they are shepherded by humans as well. It’s a new balance of nature. Continue reading →

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