I am fired up for a space elevator/space station/moon base/mars base/asteroid farm network bringing in carbon from the far reaches of the solar system for an eventual terraforming of the red planet. With Wookies.
Ion engines? Maybe Star Wars was not science fiction, but science future. How long before we produce Twin Ion Engine (TIE) Fighters? Maybe now is a good time to resume my Jedi training
So, this town in Vermont decided to cover their entire municipality with a dome back in 70’s in an effort to avoid paying heating costs. Now, I’m not exactly sure how they thought they could avoid the wrath of Old Man Winter by hiding under some plexiglass, but they developed a plan to turn the [...]
No, decidedly, and without equivocation, no. This was the claim of a would-be naturopath, sexual offender, and charlatan Swedish “doctor” who was apprehended recently on charges of administering this concoction to cancer patients in exchange for huge sums of Swedish Kronas. One would think that in an age of science, after centuries of witchdoctor […]
I have been back in school, and it has taken up a good deal of my time, and I have found the time I don’t spend studying or working, I really don’t want to write a blog entry. But I recently read an article that so inspired me, I could no longer contain myself. My [...]
Every man is the king of his castle, or in the case of one Johns Hopkins University student, Daimyo of his yamashiro. After hearing a commotion he rushed downstairs, samurai sword in hand, and with one deadly blow dispatched his victim in a pool of blood and entrails. Of course the police promptly arrested the [...]
Every day scientists are uncovering new secrets of the human enigma, finding new ways to make our lives longer and healthier. Personally, I wouldn’t mind living forever, even if it meant turning myself into a semi-human chemistry experiment, but that’s just me. One could make an argument that eternal life would bring with it a [...]
Instead of heeding the advice I’ve bandied for years now, our isle-bound progenitors are taking a rather different approach. Tens of billions of pounds will have to be raised through flight taxes to compensate developing countries for the damage air travel does to the environment, according to the Government’s advisory body on climate change. Makes per […]
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