There is a saying that “lightning never strikes twice in the same place.” That is obviously absurd, as lightning regularly strikes tall buildings, particularly those with lightning conductors, several times during a storm. But what about people? There are people who have been struck by lightning, or had near misses, more than once. While some [...]
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 [...]
Methuselah, according to the Bible, lived to a ripe old age of 969. Methuselah, the star, formally known as HD 140283, is somewhat older. Scientists say that according to their calculations, it is between 14 and 15 billion years old. That not only makes it the oldest object currently known to astronomers, but also pre-dates [...]
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? [...]
Sightings of Bigfoot crop up with fair regularity, and there are Sasquatch sceptics and Sasquatch supporters. But it’s not often a dispute erupts based on scientific evidence. Texan Melba Ketchum says that she has spent five years studying DNA samples of the Bigfoot and says that she can prove from samples of hair, blood, saliva and [...]
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 [...]
You may not have heard of the Nazarbayev University in the capital city of Kazahstan, Astana. But they were given a mission by the Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, when the Uni was established in 2009. They were told to develop an elixir of life. And within two years. Nursultan has always been known for hankering [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
A link has been found between long life spans and naturally low levels of vitamin D. That is quite a discovery in itself, but it is all the more remarkable because it contradicts previous research. In the Canadian Medical Association Journal scientists have reported their discovery after studying data on 380 families who lived into [...]
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