Serious Science: is there alien life in the universe? Part 2
Is there alien life out there in the universe, or are we alone? That is perhaps the most profound question would can ask. After all, even lonely can be a shared experience…
Internet circa 2035…
Thinking ahead is what differentiates humans from the other animals. Planning around those thoughts is a different matter all together. Today, we have the Internet, and it’s an amazing thing. But why hobble this amazing thing by tethering it to planet Earth? So what if we could extend the Internet? Say, out as far as […]
UN urged to adopt asteroid impact treaty
The more we learn about our world, the more we appreciate the fragility of things and the more precious this blue planet seems to us. We’re destroying this world and we’re also pushing the resources available to us to the very edge. On the positive side, we know what we’re doing wrong and we are […]
Water worlds are oceans apart
In many ways, I’m glad to live in this time. Being an avid reader of popular science and accessible physics, I thrill over what is and what might be. But equally, I sometimes feel like I was born too early. It’s my grandchildren that will be the fortunate ones. They’re the ones that will walk […]
A universal illusion
The universe just got smaller. 120 times smaller, no less. And what impact does this news have on our daily lives? Absolutely nothing. But for the likes of me, this news simply set my mind racing around and around and around .. in fact, my thoughts came right back to where they started…