Monthly Archives: June 2007

At the Friendly Atheist blog I made this comment as a summary of Frank Tipler’s new Christian Omega Point Theory… The “Theory of Everything” he promotes is nothing new – just the Minimally Extended Standard Model, plus a quantum gravity … Continue reading →

The AIAA publishes a free newsletter and the January 2007 Issue contains a fascinating article on the implications of a working Mach-Lorentz Thruster, a concept based on Prof. James Woodward’s work on the cause of inertia. Ernst Mach, over a … Continue reading →

An article which seems to be the basis for the Discover piece’s discussion of the Rainbow Body… The Rainbow Body …with some extra anecdotes. Father Tiso mentions his own vision of Christ, which is fascinating, plus some bilocation stories of … Continue reading →

A quick posting, plus some commentary later (I promise)… Mirror World …Titan – a frozen Earth? Soul Search …DIY uploading into your Rainbow Body. Science and Islam in Conflict …when everything is Allah’s Will how can science claim consistency? Circles … Continue reading →

The International Space Development Conference 2007 was held over the weekend of May 25-28 and was chock-full of ideas. One especially caught my attention because its developer, Paul Roseman, is a Sci-Fi fan like me who dreamt of working in … Continue reading →

Fomalhaut (Whale Mouth, in Arabic) was a favourite location for many of Philip K. Dick’s stories – either as a place for aliens to have come from, or for people to eke out a lonesome existence. Now it probably has … Continue reading →

This is cool… in a kind of grim way. Dante’s “Inferno” is a journey through the Circles of Hell – well worth a read for anyone wanting to know how people thought in the 14 th Century. Dante puts more … Continue reading →

Once again Spectrolab is busting records. Physorg reports a new multi-junction cell that converts light to electricity at 40.7% efficiency. The theoretical limit for the design is 58% so they’re getting closer, and are optimistic of 45-50% in the near … Continue reading →

About 12,900 years ago an asteroid or comet – the distinction is a bit blurry – fragmented above North America and effectively fire-bombed the entire Eastern side of the continent, wiping out the large mammals and the Clovis people with … Continue reading →