In Search of Europans (On Jupiter’s Moon)
No, this article's title is not a typo and this search is not for our friends across the Atlantic. These potential Europans are not as conveniently located; in fact, they live on the distant moon of Jupiter. The icy surface of this moon, named Europa, might seem like a barren wasteland, but [...]
Your secret ISN’T safe with me!
For centuries, mankind has thrived on selective anonymity. Have a bad day? Lay low at home where nobody can find or reach you. Unfortunately, these days, being able to disappear completely from any radar is a luxury few can afford. 1 false step can make you the next GIF [...]
The Panspermia Hypothesis
They tumble through the blackness of space; frozen and isolated. Their solar systems have abandoned them and the light from the star that gave them birth fades into the void of interstellar space. Perhaps this journey began with tragedy; a distant world in turmoil. It's inhabitants scrambling to save their oasis [...]
What are we teaching these kids?!
Sadly, the human mind has a limited knowledge capacity. So why then do our schools continue to waste student's valuable brainpower on outdated paradigms and extinct scientific rationale? Without even qualifying these dated lessons as science history or as a step in the progress of science, we are building scientific scaffolding in [...]
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An Anthropic Universe (Many Worlds Theory)
The problem with proving the theory of multiple universes is that these universes are inherently not apart of our own. Due to this seemingly obvious fact, designing and tediously carrying out experiments in our universe have failed to detect anything beyond. But still, our great minds ponder a bubbling foam of [...]
A Time Traveler’s Quandry
Time is such a familiar mystery. We boast ourselves intimately acquainted but with one question we are at a loss, straining to describe the face of a stranger. What is time? Einstein describes time as, "the reason things don't happen all at once," even though at times it seems that they do. However, [...]
Struggling with Evolution: 7 Misconceptions
"I am not a monkey and my grandfather was not a monkey so how could evolution be real?" This statement might seem ridiculous to some and yet this sort of misunderstanding of evolution is found throughout society. Perhaps it is the expansive temporal scale of evolution that is leading to so [...]
December 21, 2012: Mayan Apocalypse
There is a lot of misinformation out there so let's set the record straight before we all start running for the hills because after a few ridiculous blockbuster movies and some thought-provoking history channel documentaries, we are now a society closely approaching a highly anticipated date. The Mayan calendar [...]
What is the largest animal ever to have lived?
The Blue Whale, so big you could swim through its veins.
When did Albert Einstein have his epiphany for the General Theory of Relativity?
While having a dream about electrocuting cows.
What is the most common scientific explanation for the uniqueness of our universe?
The Everett Many Worlds Theory: an idea that we live in only one of a multitude or infinity of parallel universes.
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