I was getting confused about fusion and fission the other day. Is there a difference? Yes, there is looking at fission it’s like the difference between chalk and cheese, one is nice and cuddly the other is prickly and unfriendly. Fission is the unfriendly one and is the one used in nuclear power stop. The [...]
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Best of the Web-Earth in a Century
What will Earh be like in 100 years? Will global warming mean we all live in warmer climates? A transhumanists views of the future. A seed store that may help us in the future. Podcast (Part 1) The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning by SETI Join the forum discussion on this post – [...]
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Defining Alien Life & The Different Weird Forms ET Could Take
The universe is full of stars. We are not so sure about habitable planets though. The habitable zone is defined as the distance from the parent star where water flows freely as a liquid. Saying that, over 300 planets have been found so far. Unfortunately from earth we just can’t pick up habitable planets but [...]
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Best of the Web Podcast- Stem Cells, Fusion Power, Quantum Computers, Useful Robots, Solar Energy and a Lot More
A general science podcast on the latest happenings and ideas for the future on Stem cells, future burger to prevent heart attack , fusion power, quantum computers, useful robots, bringing water to poor people, solar energy use in the future, a tool to make anything you desire and feeding the poor. Podcast By Quirks and Quarks Join the [...]
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Commercial Spaceflight Ticket Or NASA Ticket To Space And Beyond?
NASA is dragging their heels when it comes to space exploration. Money just isn’t available to go as fast as some people would like. This is where commercial spaceflight is taking over. Unfortunately commercial spaceflight doesn’t mean travelling to the moon and back to drop off people in the Moon Hotel. To get some idea [...]
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Midweek Podcast, The Drake Equation By The Man Himself
Get to grips with the possibility of alien civilisations by listening to a lecture by Dr. Frank Drake of the SETI institute. Each element of the equation is explained by reference to modern day discoverys (the lecture was given a couple of years ago though). Lecture By Drake (Podcast) Just in case- The Drake equation [...]
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Paradox Or Not?
Paradox is such a great looking word that I couldn’t resist it. I must be a little odd or should I say weird but I just love the X at the end and the way it sounds. Just don’t get me going about paradoxical! So what is a paradox? A paradox is a statement that [...]
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Midweek Podcast, A Robot Uprising? Or A Toaster Defeat?
After talking about the singularity and robots this midweek podcast gives you all the tools to find out what to do when the machines rise up and how to survive. Plus, a man whose implanted circuitry brings him closer to cyborg-dom, and the daughter of Isaac Asimov, the writer who first laid out moral behavior [...]
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The Singularity And How We May Get There
So what is this singularity? Is it the singularity that is found near a black hole? Well, this is a gravitational singularity but it is not the one I’m on about at the moment. The idea for the name of the singularity that I am talking about now actually came from the gravitational singularity as [...]
