“And now, puny generic sci-fi superhero, I shall charge up my hyper-flux-capacitated antimatter bomb, and annihilate your entire planet! Lawrence, cue the evil-laugh tape!” Anti-matter (or, alternatively) antimatter is an age-old favorite power source among writers of scifi and superhero comics alike, which is probably why most people you’ll talk with will at least admitContinue reading “And Nothing Else (Anti-)Matters”
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Passionately Curious: What the Hell Is… Evolution?
What do you mean, “not that kind of evolution”? I am a scientist, and a fairly broadly educated one at that, and so I can have a tendency to forget that a lot of things I take for granted are, in reality, quite complicated for most of us. Like, you know, quantum mechanics. Or muchContinue reading “Passionately Curious: What the Hell Is… Evolution?”
Passionately Curious: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
“It’s the end of the world as we know it – and I feel fine.” – R.E.M. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine). As Chaucer (reportedly) said rather long ago: “All good things must come to an end.” It seems that this is indeed the case forContinue reading “Passionately Curious: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish”
Passionately Curious – Taking Flight
Well, that’s my article for today. Enjoy the rest of the week guys. I’m pulling your leg, of course. Today I’ll be taking a look into how the hell a giant lump of metal, weighing in at around 200 tons, can take off and just chill up high in the atmosphere pretending it’s a bird.Continue reading “Passionately Curious – Taking Flight”
Passionately Curious – An Interstaller Investigation
As you may well know by now, I’m a huge fan of the natural sciences. Usually, I use the space allotted to me here to try and explain some interesting bit of science in more simple terms, so that those of us who aren’t as big on the giant formulas and heavy textbooks canContinue reading “Passionately Curious – An Interstaller Investigation”
Passionately Curious: Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey!
We, as humans, just love time travel. Just imagine the possibilities! You could wander in the woods of times long gone amidst the dinosaurs, experience ancient civilizations for yourself or perhaps sit in on one of Shakespeare’s original performances. Or, on the other hand and equally fascinating, travel to the future and partake in theContinue reading “Passionately Curious: Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey!”
Passionately Curious: Coffee O’Clock
I, like most University students, and in fact most people, enjoy a good cup of coffee. When it’s been a long night, and that lecture just can’t quite seem to keep your attention, one dose of the ol’ midnight brew will get you pepped up, alert and awake. Most of us just take it forContinue reading “Passionately Curious: Coffee O’Clock”
Passionately Curious – Living on the Edge
The universe is weird. Like, really friggin’ weird. There are things like a cosmic speed limit and magical buzz words like ‘Dark Matter’ and ‘Dark Energy’, and a plethora of other strange and mysterious subjects that even those who work on them their entire lives might never truly understand. And today, we’ll be talking aboutContinue reading “Passionately Curious – Living on the Edge”
Passionately Curious – Why You Should Never Kiss A Shark
Science is pretty damn awesome. For starters, it’s proven rather good at providing us with all kinds of nifty stuff: like the electronic device you might be reading this on, or the breakfast you had this morning, or the beer you drank way too much of last night. Probably, some of you are screaming atContinue reading “Passionately Curious – Why You Should Never Kiss A Shark”
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