Mankind witnessed the birth of the Nuclear Age during the 20th century when the powerful energy of the atom was released. It looks as if this century will be known for the unimaginable power of quantum computers and artificial intelligence. This will eventually occur whenever computers learn to use the …
Read More »Media Continues Ignoring Diseases the Migrant Caravan is Bringing to America
Recently, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) stated that they have formed a task force for the investigation of a frightening new illness that is afflicting our children. It is called Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and happens to be a polio-type illness. Most experts believe that it is caused by a virus. …
Read More »Scientists Want to Inject the Atmosphere with Light Reflecting Particles to Dim the Sun
If everything can be worked out, three researchers from Harvard are hoping to start testing their idea of reducing the level of sunshine that the Earth receives. This will hopefully cool off the planet when it starts to heat up as a result of climate change. They are hoping to …
Read More »Some Scientists Believe Venus Would be Easier to Colonize than Mars
The planet of Venus, which is the second closest planet to our sun, is actually a very scary place for humans. Its atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide, and there are clouds that actually rain sulfuric acid. The surface there is just a yellow desert which has a few volcanoes that …
Read More »Will Postmodernism Really Destroy Science?
We often hear that postmodernism is portrayed to students as an intellectual demon that is out to rip up truth by the roots and destroy all things that we value and hold dear. Actually, it’s a thinking system that stems from the work of some French thinkers that were around some …
Read More »Understanding Quantum Mechanics
Quantum mechanics is the part of physics that deals with the microscopic world. It has come about due to what could be some very strange things about our physical world. When we are working at the scale of electrons and atoms, the popular laws and equations that we use in classical …
Read More »3 Amazing Developments in Modern Medicine
If you stop for a moment in this busy world to take note of the amazing developments in modern medicine, you will be blown away. The world of healthcare and health management is totally different today than it was even 5 years ago. Prospering from the Information Age As with …
Read More »Awaiting the Big Promises of Quantum Computers
Whenever we hear discussion about quantum computers, it seems like we are making a quantum leap into a science-fiction movie. Society is definitely on the brink of achieving computer technology that is defying logic. These days, the transistors installed in computers are about as tiny as our technology will allow. …
Read More »When Will Science Keep Their Promises on Renewable Energy?
Over the past few decades, we have seen countless developments take place in our society. The various fields of science have produced many of these new developments. In just 20 years, we have seen the creation of the Internet and smart phones. Both of these have changed our lives forever. …
Read More »4 Future Skills Our Children Will Need
Getting educated is supposed to prepare people for our society in the future. Traditionally speaking, this used to mean we only needed to learn a set of specific skills and facts, such as when Columbus sailed across the Atlantic and discovered America, or simply learning our multiplication tables. These days, …
Read More »When Exactly Will the Universe End?
Cosmology is the study that handles all the really big questions about the universe, many of them are questions that have been perplexing philosophers for years. Questions like when it all began? And whether or not the universe has always expanded like it is doing now? Those questions have actually …
Read More »The Crazy Way that Magic Mushrooms Became Popular
All through history, we humans have had an amazing desire to mess with chemistry of our brains. We spend lots of our time drinking the waste of sucrose-eating bacteria, smoking leaves from garden-variety weeds, and eating mushrooms because they have chemicals to provide experiences that are bizarre enough to call …
Read More »How in the World Could Artificial Intelligence Be Racist in Today’s Environment?
Most of us have assumed that today’s robots would have an artificial intelligence which would be quiet cold and calculated and completely objective in nature. However, it seems that several of human’s imperfections have also been discovered on our machines as well. As it turns out, many of these A.I. …
Read More »3 Ways that Particle Accelerators Could Destroy the World
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is not only the biggest scientific instrument in the world; it is also the most powerful particle accelerator on the planet. This makes not only a real risk and danger to itself and its surroundings in Switzerland, but it could also be a danger to Earth …
Read More »Moore’s Law is Now Dead – 3 Predictions about Future Computers
Several high tech gurus are quite adamant about how chip design is going to evolve in the near future. In order to continue the high tech progression we have been seeing, they tend to agree on one thing in regards to predictions about future computers. “Moore’s Law is dead. Moore’s …
Read More »Lasers Might Make Our Computers One Million Times Faster
If you thought that one billion operations every second was fast, then what about one million billion operations per second? This could very well happen since laser could make our computers one million times faster than they are now. Getting Ready for Quantum Computers You have to admit that this …
Read More »The Modern Coal Age
It doesn’t seem to matter how hard all the tree hugger keep trying to kill coal, they are obviously not succeeding at al. According to a recent report that was published by the Energy Information Administration, and in spite of continual fear-mongering from the Democrats, coal is still a primary source …
Read More »Grim Explanation Why We haven’t Met Any Aliens Thus Far
Most of us believe that there’s probably some aliens out there, certainly from a statistical standpoint. So why is it that none of us have ever seen any of them? Or at least any evidence of them. That is what we call the Fermi paradox. This question is every astrophysicist’s …
Read More »The Building Controversy of Personal Drone Use
Isn’t it time to address the building controversy of personal drone use? As we have watched drones slowly become more and more a part of our daily lives, we have also seen more and more debate as to how we should restrict and regulate them. The first time that many …
Read More »The Paradox of Social Media Outrage
Are we experiencing a paradox of social media outrage? It seems that we become less approving of any social media outrage as more people join the frenzy. When we see one person on social media slamming another person, we are okay with that. But whenever we see a dozen or …
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