Yesterday the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) started colliding particle beams that have been charged up to seven trillion electron volts, hoping to find exotic new particles never seen before in science. Several theories surrounded the troubled start-up, ranging from forming micro-black-holes engulfing the planet to time traveling qubits from the future coming back in time [...]
The theory of quantum physics is the basis of our modern world. Personal computers, Kindles, cellphones, GPS units, iPods, iPads and all the other toys we enjoy today owe their existence to quantum physics. And we’re not done yet. Essentially, the theory states all existence is information. You, me, the world, the Universe is all [...]
When this little article caught my eye this Monday A.M., I just can’t resist posting it: It may not lessen Toyota’s woes to hear that the problems the company has been having with faulty gas pedals could be blamed on cosmic rays from space. Sound unbelievable? The concept is actually a lot more plausible than [...]
It is well known that Cro-Magnon Man lived along side of Neanderthal Man 30,000 to 45,000 years ago and much is speculated how that relationship existed. Now there might be a third type of human being thrown into the mix to confuse things even more! Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human [...]
One of the hallmarks of the coming Singularity according to its adherents is the advent of advanced AI or artificial intelligence. The Turing Test, first formulated by Alan Turing over fifty years ago, is the yardstick by which it will be determined if an AI is capable of conscious thought. Now a music professor, David [...]
I’m not sure this is a good thing or not since I’m an ol’ country boy: The world’s mega-cities are merging to form vast “mega-regions” which may stretch hundreds of kilometres across countries and be home to more than 100 million people, according to a major new UN report. The phenomenon of the so-called “endless [...]
When it comes to Cold War stories of UFO contact like the Roswell Incident of 1947 I maintain a healthy skepticism because of the CIA’s active plans of disinformation utilizing the phenomenon. But the stories keep popping up as the people involved pass away and leave the tales to descendants to either disseminate or dispose [...]
Invisibility for material objects have been a scientific Rosetta Stone for the world’s military and space researchers for decades. Now scientists might have discovered a way to achieve this in three dimensions of materiality: The “cloak”, described in the journal Science, hid an object from detection using light of wavelengths close to those that are [...]
Much has been written recently about quantum functions and how it affects nature. Recently Robert Lanza and Bob Berman’s ‘Biocentrism‘ evoked some responses from the mainstream with accusations of ‘woo-woo’ mysticism trying to hijack real science and visions of Deepak Choprah giving lectures on quantum mechanics. All are straw-man arguments of course and this little [...]
The search for earth-type planets is getting better and the newest one might just be in its’ star’s habitable zone: [...] Although a number of extrasolar planets with moderate temperatures have been discovered, only a planet that passes in front of — or transits — its star can be studied in depth. The starlight that [...]
