My question above just occurred to me. It relates to the Blueprint of Life, a blog topic since 2015. On planet Earth, Life suggests a blueprint (eg, arms, ears, eyes, head, legs, mouth, nose, spine). Recent news suggests the possible existence of past microbial life on Mars (eg, BBC, Guardian, NASA, Reuters). Nevertheless, Matter (eg, moons, planets, suns), and...
Actually, I could have used a step in between, which would have altered my title into: Fantasy + fiction = Sci-Fi + Science = Technology. Some examples: drones, lasers, and robots. An example of my blog title is the 1984 film The Terminator, rated at #8.1 on IMDb. Today, the main item that is still missing is: time travel. The arrow of time appears to be...
Intro LO: Een recent artikel luidt: Zwart gat ontdekt dat mogelijk ontstond vlak na oerknal. Deze ontdekking illustreert een 2013 theorie: Vergeet de oerknal, het universum ontstond mogelijk uit zwart gat. Ook Æon verwacht veranderingen in de Big Bang theorie. De oerknal theorie was een sarcastische grap van astronoom Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) in 1950 (o.a. SA-2020,...
Intro LO: The term reverse evolution in this Phys article (below) was new to me. Moreover, it’s “a term that tends to be controversial among evolutionary biologists”. Latter remark made me curious. “That's because evolution isn't supposed to have a rewind button. It's generally viewed as a one-way march toward adaptation, not a circular path back to traits once...
Intro LO: After digesting this recent Scientific American article, the conclusion is simple: it’s (nearly) impossible that life on planet Earth is a singular event within the Universe. There must be other life-forms throughout the Universe. Hence, science-fiction is (much) more like science - and technology - than like fiction. The (alleged) sightings of...
A recent Aeon article (ie, Will we ever know the origins of the Universe?) touched an unresolved thought of mine: must the Universe truly have a beginning?? The Aeon article has a clear answer: No. Not necessarily. “The Malament-Manchak theorem presents us with a sobering limit: our observations, no matter how extensive, may never be sufficient to determine...
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