The closest black hole to Earth was thought to be 1,560 light-years away - but a new study suggests there could be one around 150 light-years away.
We’re doomed
Category Archives: science
The universe is a strange place
The claim of a gravitational wave background suggests the universe is constantly roiled by violent events that happened over the past 13 billion years.
Again, what could possibly go wrong?
Physicists observe wormhole dynamics using a quantum computer in a step toward studying quantum gravity in the lab. For the first time, scientists have developed a quantum experiment that allows them to study the dynamics, or behavior, of a special kind of theoretical wormhole. The experiment allow
What could possibly go wrong?
According to the NYT, Elon Musk plans to start putting brain implants in humans. No doubt this is to counter the implants that Bill Gates has been putting into people via the Covid vaccines.
What is science writing (and science)?
“The best science writers learn that science is not a procession of facts and breakthroughs, but an erratic stumble toward gradually diminished uncertainty; that peer-reviewed publications are not gospel and even prestigious journals are polluted by nonsense; and that the scientific endeavor is plagued by all-too-human failings such as hubris. …
“Science is undoubtedly political, whether scientists want it to be or not, because it is an inextricably human enterprise. It belongs to society. It is interleaved with society. It is of society. …
“Science is often caricatured as a purely empirical and objective pursuit. But in reality, a scientist’s interpretation of the world is influenced by the data she collects, which are influenced by the experiments she designs, which are influenced by the questions she thinks to ask, which are influenced by her identity, her values, her predecessors, and her imagination.”
The pandemic made it clear that science touches everything, and everything touches science.
It’s nice to see the little guys getting some attention for once
So many missions to the planets and big moons. So few to the asteroids.
SwRI?s Levison, Olkin lead the mission to Jupiter?s Trojan asteroids. NASA?s Lucy spacecraft is encapsulated in a protective fairing atop an Atlas V rocket, awaiting its 23-day launch window to open on October 16. All is go for the Southwest Research Institute-led mission to begin, as the spacecraf
The asteroid was a mercy killing
New research that contradicts previous studies suggest dinosaurs were in decline for as many as 10 million years before the asteroid that dealt their final death blow.
But there’s still hope for Jupiter’s clouds
Conditions in Venus's atmosphere are beyond what the hardiest terrestrial lifeforms can cope with.
An interesting idea
Running seawater through an ocean carbon capture plant could chemically convert carbon dioxide to limestone on a grand scale
Who wants to live to 150?
This comes amid a rising trend of biohacking, or using trendy, age-defying practices to lengthen a lifespan. Biohackers have tried everything from fasting to injecting themselves with untested herp?
