Ben Bova

The late astronomer Thomas Gold often said, "I'd rather be wrong than dull."

I write novels about the juncture where science and politics meet.

I had lunch with a retired schoolteacher a little while ago and, naturally, we talked about public education.

The background for this scenario is the inevitable climate shift, caused by global warming, that is already taking place, here and now. Whatever the causes of today's global warming, the fact is that our planet's climate is changing, as it ...

Tomorrow is Hallowe'en, the holiday that bears a faint memory of the times when people actually venerated their departed relatives.

There’s an old Chinese curse that reads, “May you live in interesting times.”

I saw the movie “Rocky” again on television a few nights ago. And, as usual, got a lump in my throat.

Fifty-four years ago, come Tuesday, Soviet Russia launched the first artificial satellite of Earth: Sputnik 1.

A few weeks ago I wrote a column about golf. Now I’m working on a short piece of fiction about constructing a golf course — on the Moon.

We’ve been through the memorials dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

There’s a grass-roots movement afoot to push through a new amendment to the Constitution, one aimed at limiting the terms of U.S. senators and representatives, and requiring them to give up many of the perks they now enjoy.

It’s an ill wind that blows no good.

By the time you read this, I will be in Albuquerque, attending a science fiction convention.

Back in the early 1970s I served as the science adviser to one of the worst television shows of all time.

Many of my friends in Southwest Florida play golf. My dearest friend is an ardent golfer; she’s won a place in the Executive Women’s Golf Association’s national tournament for several years running.