US Radio astronomer Frank Drake developed the Drake equation so he could estimate the possible/probable number of planets containing intelligent life in the galaxy. He did this by taking into consideration the factors listed below, in preparation for one of the first “serious” discussions about the probability of life on other planets in the early [...]
The Brain in a Vat hypothesis is one of the better known “thought experiments” where someone (usually a philosopher, scientist or student of noetics) thinks up a situation, experiment or hypothesis, to illustrate a conundrum, moral dilemma or illustrate a theory. It is said that Einstein’s Theory of Relativity was based on a thought he [...]
Did you notice anything peculiar about your behaviour on 19 and 20 February this year? On those days a massive sunspot expanded and retracted. Over the next few months the sun will enter the peak of sunspot activity, a cycle that occurs every eleven years. But does it really have an effect on human behaviour? [...]
The search for what is now known as dark matter may have been going on for centuries. Early philisophers and alchemists quested for the thing that was present in everything. They cosnidered that if it could be discovered it could be manipulated to make base metals into gold, and even provide an elixir for immortality. [...]
Forget being hit by a massive meteor, nuclear holocaust or global warming drying up the planet, it could well be that the biggest threat to human existence is being swallowed by a black hole. We have known for some time that there are huge black holes at the centre of our galaxy, but recent research [...]
You may want to cancel your plans following that romantic Valentine’s Day dinner in a couple of weeks. In the wake of the (thankfully false) predictions that the world would end on 21/12/12, comes a new one. A meteorite named 2012 DA14 (catchy isn’t it? Why can’t we give them girls’ names like Cyclones?) is [...]
Already 2013 looks like it is going to be a bumper year for astronomers and cosmologists. A newly-discovered alien world which appears to display characteristics very similar to Earth has scientists drooling and saying it is a ”prime candidate” for hosting life. And one has suggested that it may be home to intelligent marine mammals. The [...]
In Frank Herbert’s Science Fiction series of books “Dune”, “Dune Messiah” and “Children of Dune”, there are creatures known as Spacing Guild Navigators whose bodies and minds have been transformed by taking a drug (“melange”). One of these creatures is required to be on board any ship travelling long distances in space because in their [...]
“It’s just a question of mind over matter!” How many times have we heard that expression when we are being exhorted to put aside practical and physical obstacles and use the power of positive thought to achieve our aims? A woman called Jan in the United States is astonishing doctors with just such a skill. [...]
You’ve probably heard of the expression “egg-head”, describing someone clever, like a scientific “boffin”. Next up is the expression “He has the brain the size of a small planet” again describing someone super-clever. Then there was Evil Brain from Outer Space - a 1964 film edited together for American television. The parallel between brains and planetary objects [...]
The staple artifact from hundreds of fantasy films, novels and Dungeon & Dragons games, the Cloak of Invisibility is a must-have accessory. But fantasy may be a step closer to reality as scientists and electrical engineers refine their attempts to produce a personal Romulan Cloaking Device. A team of Duke University scientists in North Carolina, [...]
Ever since the film Carrie, Telekinesis has had a bit of an image problem, but there’s no doubting that there is massive potential for the power of the mind over matter. But with so many illusionists, conjurers, charlatans, publicists, self-seekers and con-men around, it’s difficult to sort out just who has the gift, and who [...]
The possibility of producing synthetic petrol using only air and electricity has been thought of and discussed for some years, but the sceptics said it could never be achieved. File under Star Trek’s Ion Drive, Flying Wings for Humans, and immortality. But now a small Stockton-On-Tees British firm, AFS- Air Fuel Synthesis, has become the [...]
Earlier this week, More 4, who seem to almost be the main sponsor for Prof Richard Dawkins’ theories, broadcast the first of his trilogy of programmes; Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life. As always, there’s going to be a fuss. As an atheist who favours science over faith, he’s never going to be Mr [...]
There’s an interesting video from grizzled veteran journalist and conspiracy theorist Jim Marrs about Monatomic gold. Jim Marrs has written many books asnd papers on government cover ups on aliens, telepathy and 9/11, and his book Crossfire was a primary source for the screenplay for Oliver Stone’s film JFK. Despite being a couple of years [...]
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