…and “fuzzy time.” Quantum theories of gravity have been tossed about for decades, in an attempt to do for quantum mechanics and gravity what General Relativity does with gravity, i.e. explain it. Since General Relativity (the theory of the really, really big) and Quantum Mechanics (the theory of the really, really small) don’t always see …
I think this is the kind of intellect we need to lead us to the bottom of the rabbit hole: somebody who can ramble through a story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love.
R. R. Furman, 93, Dies; Led Bomb-Project Spying Robert R. Furman, a former Army major who as chief of foreign intelligence for the American atomic bomb project in World War II coordinated and often joined harrowing espionage missions to kidnap German scientists, seize uranium ore in Europe and determine the extent of Nazi efforts to …
No! Down in the water! Since the subject of (stealth?) submarines comes up from time to time in our explorations, I thought I’d pass on this story about Steve Fossett’s Super Secret Flying, Diving, Space Bound Submersible that was recently sent to me: Unbeknownst to most of the world, the late super rich adventurer Steve …
The release of the new movie “Flash of Genius” has brought the subject of How Inventors Always Get Screwed into the daily media diet. BTW, if you don’t know about Edwin Armstrong, you should read Lawrence Lessing’s (he’s not the Internet Lessig) 1956 biography, “Man of High Fidelity.” The book is sadly out of print …
Maybe this one can tell us what happened to the missing dollar: Add elephants to the growing menagerie of animals that can count. An Asian elephant named Ashya beat this reporter at a devilishly simple addition problem. When a trainer dropped three apples into one bucket and one apple into a second, then four more …
This has a certain familiar ring to it: “Think of it like a surfer riding a wave,” said Gerald Cleaver, a physicist at Baylor University. “The ship would be pushed by the spatial bubble and the bubble would be traveling faster than the speed of light.” Strange as it sounds, current evidence supports the notion …
….with Magical Things. It was a documentary called “Isaac Newton and Me” where I first heard the line “The universe is filled with magical things, patiently waiting for your wits to grow sharper.” Unfortunately, the producers of that documentary did not see fit to track down Eden Philpotts as the source of the quotation. But …
Ohmigod, a miraculous new element has been added to the periodic table: Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles …
… as produced by rocks and coconuts, at a gathering last month of artists the “Mind Meld Audiovisual Retreat” New England: Last month, I was lucky enough to head to a gathering of music and visual artists at the studio of artist Duncan Laurie in Jamestown, Rhode Island, accompanied by performances in Providence and Boston. …
