Category Archives: Science & Technology

Dark energy and dark ignorance

Something exploded, the Big Bang, means something existed before the explosion. So much intelligence, time and money is poured into researching the mysterious forces at play in the universe—the so-called dark energy—yet all the while, the smartest minds in science … more

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Science of Scrambled Eggs

How to Hatch a Dinosaur Wired.com – THOMAS HAYDEN – Sep 26, 2011 Horner’s plan, in essence, is to start off by creating experimental atavisms in the lab. Activate enough ancestral characteristics in a single chicken, he reasons, and you’ll … more

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Evolution of Cartoon Science

Was Darwin Wrong? National Geographic Magazine – DAVID QUAMMEN – Nov 2004 Evolutionary theory, though, is a bit different. It’s such a dangerously wonderful and far-reaching view of life that some people find it unacceptable, despite the vast body of … more

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Semen bombardment delivered gold and silver to Earth

Meteorites delivered gold to Earth BBC News – LEILA BATTISON – Sep 8, 2011 Scientists have shown that the Earth’s surface became enriched with precious metals by impacting meteorites.

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