Just came across this:

From microscopes to telescopes, Clint Taylor’s vision moves out of the labs and into the sky

Here are some excerpts:

“Taylor’s first job in the scientific field was a challenging one. He’d moved to Nashville to do his post-doctoral research and was put on the project of male fertility control. “It was all about attempting to characterize binding proteins,” Taylor remembered. “The thing about the human body is that almost nothing floats by itself. My job was to create markers that would trace how certain proteins go through our systems. The ultimate goal on the program was to come up with an effective male fertility control…”

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“Now retired, Taylor bought a house in Pioneer in 2005. He still works part-time for the state, but most of his energy these days goes into his two biggest hobbies - astrology and outdoor photography. Taylor has two powerful telescopes designed for scientifically-minded star-gazing, and thinks his Upcountry homestead is the perfect place for observing Jupiter or the moon. “One of the reasons I moved here is because in order to get involved with the astrology community, you need to live some place where there are dark skies…”

Read the rest at the Ledger Dispatch…