In profile, Rosalind Franklin peers into an old-fashioned microscope. Image is black and white. Courtesy of Wikipedia.John Scalzi announced some changes at Whatever, his venerable blog site.

Rosalind Franklin provided remarkable and invaluable data in the discovery of DNA, but Watson and Crick didn’t exactly steal her work—they were just clueless sexists. From 2015.

While reading The Spite House, I got interested and found a couple of interesting articles about the residences.  Here’s one.

The BAFTA longlist for 2025 is out, with Emelia Perez and Conclave at the top. Wicked and Dune II also drew nods.

As of January1, new works have entered the public domain.

Yes, there is a new Superman movie. Yes, there is a teaser, and yes, the music might make you cry. You’re welcome.

Reactor also shares a preview of the two Genoviva Dimova books.

More from Reactor, as Stubby the Rocket shares influential books he received as gifts in his life. This is a great idea for an essay!

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  • Marion Deeds

    Marion Deeds, with us since March, 2011, is the author of the fantasy novella ALUMINUM LEAVES. Her short fiction has appeared in the anthologies BEYOND THE STARS, THE WAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, STRANGE CALIFORNIA, and in Podcastle, The Noyo River Review, Daily Science Fiction and Flash Fiction Online. She’s retired from 35 years in county government, and spends some of her free time volunteering at a second-hand bookstore in her home town.

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