Bang! Nasa/CXC/M. WeissObserving a star up close (putting aside for a moment how you’d get there or withstand its heat) is probably like sitting beside an enormous silent fire. Sounds—which are simply pressure variations [...]
Could Robot Aliens Exist?
Artwork for the book "The War of the Worlds" Henrique Alvim Corréa via Wikimedia CommonsThe existence of a race of sentient alien robots might be not just possible, but inevitable. In fact, we might be living in a "postbiological [...]
FYI: What's The Point Of Sex?
It Would Be So Much Easier to Clone Ourselves, Right? Bdelloid Rotifers, all-female animals that live in ponds, have reproduced without sex for millions of years. Diego Fontaneto via WikipediaThis may seem obvious. But [...]
