International Affairs

Posted September 2, 2024 Written by Claire

In 1865, Jules Verne’s book, From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes, fascinated

Posted August 5, 2024 Written by Claire

Even AI Understands the Space Race. And it knows the U.S. may be losing to China. An article from July

Things You Should Know But Don’t: Caveman in the Moon

Posted July 22, 2024 Written by Claire

In an installment of fiction becoming fact, I was fascinated by a recent report that scientists have found underground caves

Posted July 8, 2024 Written by Claire

On June 25, after a 53-day mission, China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft returned to Earth with five pounds of rocks and

Posted April 24, 2023 Written by Claire

Can laws keep up with the rapid advances in technology and artificial intelligence (AI)? This is something that most nations

Things You Should Know But Don’t: China in the Sky

Posted February 20, 2023 Written by Claire

As a novelist, I sometimes enjoy reading the diatribes of conspiracy theorists. They’re often great grist to conjure up fictional

Posted April 25, 2022 Written by Claire

Time and time again, the advancements made in technology have been applied in warfare to increase efficiency and get an

Things You Should Know But Don’t: One Pixel Away

Posted March 28, 2022 Written by Claire

A chilling statement in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists presents yet another example of the dangers of pursuing technology

Posted February 14, 2022 Written by Claire

In past blogs, I’ve written about the ramifications of the International Space Station’s scheduled decommissioning in 2031 when it will

Posted January 31, 2022 Written by Claire

A comment in The Economist on January 7, 2022 caught my eye. It read, “An airstrike on a UN refugee