The generally accepted theory about the universe is that it is expanding. Everything expanded out from a central singularity in the “Big Bang” and formed galaxies, stars, etc. Since then, space itself has been expanding. On a local scale, gravity overcomes this expansion and we see no change. On the Read more…
I just read an article where I learned about the next best ultimate weight loss plan. According to this article on How Stuff Works, drinking 64oz of ice cold water a day burns 70 Calories just from your body warming the water up. That’s all well and good. An extra Read more…
My wife and I got into Mythbusters only a couple years ago, probably 2009 or 2010. It was before Dragon Con 2010 I know for sure, as while there we wanted to go see Adam Savage but the line stretched around three blocks by the time we found it. Between Read more…
A team in China has taken a major step forward in developed a quantum internet. They have succeeded in using quantum teleportation on a macroscopic scale to more “data” from one atom to another over a distance of 150m. This is another step in the direction of using quantum entanglement Read more…
You know how in sci-fi shows, whenever they want to make a cheap clip show, they’ll hook a character up to a device that reads their mind and displays what they are thinking? Yeah, turns out that’s not unrealistic. Now, this is a long way from practical use, obviously, but Read more…
Saw an awesome video on Bad Astronomy recently. It shows images of the Earth taken from a geostationary satellite every day at 6:00am for a year. It’s a great example of how the angle of the sun changes with the seasons.
I try to keep an open mind about things. In many cases it comes naturally. I’m usually pretty good at seeing several sides to a situation, even when I don’t particularly agree with them all. This is beneficial when dealing with people, as being able to understand how they are Read more…