time travel, parallel universes, and other useful illusions
So, we’ve apparently broken the unbreakable: the speed of light. Last month, researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, working in conjunction with CERN, shot some neutrinos 730 km (454 miles) all the way to Gran Sasso, Italy. Those neutrinos arrived at their destination a shocking 60 nanoseconds before they were expected to. 60 nanoseconds sooner than light …
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What are ghosts? Where do they come from? What are they made of? The short answer, assuming they exist at all, is that we don’t know. However, looking at the available evidence and various reported sightings throughout history, we have some possible explanations. Let’s briefly take a look at them.
In 1975, IBM released the first mass-produced portable computer, the 5100. It was an incredible feat for the time: An integrated 5-inch CRT monitor, up to 64 kilobytes of random-access memory (RAM), and the ability to run programs meant for larger, more expensive computers, all in something the size of a briefcase. In fact, the …
2012 is upon us, and whether or not you believe the world is doomed and we should all be crowding into our underground bunkers, there’s a lot of interesting stuff set to happen. So put on your Hazmat suits and grab your flashlights, because here’s what we have to look forward to.
Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a particularly interesting phenomenon, in that there is actual, documented evidence when it occurs. Or, at least, it would seem so. Michael Faherty, age 76, is yet another in a confounding list of individuals who have burst into flames for no discernible reason.
For days we’d heard that a NASA satellite, which had orbited our planet for some 20 years, would come careening down to Earth. Where would it hit? When would it hit? Who would be the unlucky one-in-a-trillion to get creamed by falling space debris? Fortunately, no one drew the short straw. As far as we …
There are a lot of things out there trying to kill us. Space rocks, solar flares, global warming. Politics. So, in the spirit of our eventual apocalyptic demise, I’ve started this series of posts called The Ends Of The World, in which I’ll be showcasing the many, many, many ways we might inevitably meet our …
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