My own (yet unpublished) novel, “The Left Hand of Light,” has a lot in common with this article from Popular Science. Now that scientists are looking for evidence of matter moving between universes, I need to find an agent quick! From the article: The notion of multiple universes is one that cosmologists like to theorizeContinue reading “Physicists look for neutrons hopping universes”
Category Archives: Scientist
I Gotta Get One of These!
3D printers have come a long way in the last couple of years. They were cute when they could create 3D objects, but were mostly art deco doo-dads. No longer! Now one can print objects with moving parts! With a printer like this, who needs a hardware store? Computer too slow? Print a new one!Continue reading “I Gotta Get One of These!”
To Calculate the Edges of a Polyhedral
I’m sure this math is trivial to most statisticians, physicists and mathematicians, but some friends and I determined how to calculate the edges of any 3 dimensional polyhedral. We used my AD&D dice to verify. (E * F) /2 where E = the number of edges on a single face of the shape, and FContinue reading “To Calculate the Edges of a Polyhedral”
Bug fungus
After watching the Earth series of videos, I was struck by the fantastic mix of science and surreal science fiction of this piece. Imagine a cordyceps fungi that attacks humans… Yes, this is a dead ant with a fungal mushroom pseudo-pod coming out of its head. Its nothing like the video though. Be sure toContinue reading “Bug fungus”
A Case for Malignant Spirits
Years ago I was driving on a San Diego freeway. It was raining something terrible and visibility was poor. Before I knew it, the traffic ahead of me had stopped and I slammed my brakes and veered into another lane to avoid collision. My car stalled and the vehicles behind me narrowly avoided me. AContinue reading “A Case for Malignant Spirits”
The Solar Winds of Change
As you may know, the Mystic Nebula is dedicated to the study of the natural, the unnatural and the supernatural. I try to avoid politics. You have other blog sites for that nonsense. Let me state here that I have no doubt the Earth is warming and has been for at least the last 10,000Continue reading “The Solar Winds of Change”
Science in Rap
Give it up to Alpinekat. We need more science in rap. You go, girl! This one’s about the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
What Our Ancestors Believed
Its amazing how ignorant we believe our ancestors were. They drew strange images on cave walls of creatures no one has seen. They told stories of monsters that exist in the dark, just beyond the light of the tribal campfire. Colorful explanations abound. And because of their wild and vivacious imaginations, we accuse them ofContinue reading “What Our Ancestors Believed”
Astrobiology
The possibility of life on other planets appears high. The chances of us finding it (or them finding us) in an expanding universe seems very low. The poetic possibilities when contemplating this are infinite. http://www.ufocasebook.com/ http://www.astrobiology.com/ http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/ http://www.astrobio.net
Universal Truths
The fundamental units of the Universe are its suns; its basic building blocks. Its galaxies are likened to cells in our bodies. Thus, its dark matter becomes flesh, unseen from inside. Its black holes are like cancer that feed oh, so slowly. Over billions and billions of billions of years. Yet its soul–yes its soul–is so human: Tragic, complexContinue reading “Universal Truths”
Christopher Vera, CISSP, CIPM, GLEG, GCFA 