Space and Science

What do you get when you mix thoughts about the Big Bang Theory, God, and Edgar Allen Poe? Some Damn Interesting reading! Check out the related links, and don't forget the comments.

It's not Big Brother, but it does offer some really cool views. NASA has a couple really excellent resources on the web filled with some wonderful photography taken from above; way way above. The first place to visit is NASA Earth Observatory . The mission statement on their site says…

Jim Carrey says this famous Italian-iconesque quote in his movie, The Mask, after swallowing a bunch of dynamite that subsequently explodes inside his stomach, causing his belly to, um... rapidly expand. This last week, MSNBC Space News has an article on the Big Bang Theory, and new findings regarding the…

Photo: Orion Nebula as seen from Hubble courtesy of NASA. Tuesday evening was a really cool evening for me. My mom has tickets for the Oakland Speakers Bureau, and I got to attend a great lecture given by Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe. I'd seen his Nova series…

Damn Interesting has an excellent profile of German theoretical physicist Burkhard Heim, and his theory that by adding extra dimensions to space, electromagnetic energy can be converted into gravity, thereby warping space enough to potentially allow a spaceship to travel, well - pretty darn fast. (more…)