Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Researchers reveal why giant black hole’s ‘galactic fireworks’ were a flop(VIDEO)
Physicist George Ellis knocks physicists for knocking philosophy, falsification, and free will
“You cannot do physics or cosmology without an assumed philosophical basis,” says George Ellis. (Credit: David Monniaux)
Boosting the force of empty space
Two atoms exchanging a virtual photon. Empty space around them is not as empty as one might think. (Credit: Vienna University of Technology, TU Vienna)
Beyond energy, matter, time and space
New particles may yet be discovered, and even new laws. But it is almost taken for granted that everything from physics to biology, including the mind, ultimately comes down to four fundamental concepts: matter and energy interacting in an arena of space and time. (Credit: Carl Wiens)
‘Quantum Bounce’ theory claims black holes explode
Kepler’s Supernova Remnant “On October 9, 1604, sky watchers — including astronomer Johannes Kepler, spotted a “new star” in the western sky, rivaling the brilliance of nearby planets. “Kepler’s supernova” was the last exploding supernova seen in our Milky Way galaxy. (Credit: NASA/ESA/JHU/R.Sankrit & W.Blair)
We only use 10% of our brains? That’s a myth
A Diffusion Spectrum MRI (DSI) of the human brain obtained with the MGH-UCLA Human ‘Connectom’ Scanner. The fiber tracks are color-coded by direction: red=left-right, green=anterior-posterior, blue=through brain stem. (Credit: National Institutes of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and National Institutes of Health)
