The Omphalos Theory

The navel. Not much more than a scar from days when we ate via umbilical cord.
The Omphalos Theory makes more out of the navel than that. Omphalos is Latin for navel and the theory that bears its name pushes the idea that creation didn’t just happen once, it could and does happen all [...]

Space Elevator

Here’s an abstract from a patent held by Lockheed Martin:
“A Space Elevator for transporting a payload from one point to another in outer space, includes a first structure, located at a first relatively fixed, non-zero orbital distance from the surface of the earth, for receiving payloads, a second structure, located at a second relatively fixed [...]

LIGO

If you are ever in my neck of the woods, check out LIGO at Hanford. It is an amazing project that is trying to detect universal gravitational waves. If one is found, it could prove the Big Bang Theory.

The Many Uses of Gravity

The other day, I was thinking about how much I hate my seatbelt, and I thought about why we need seatbelts. Seatbelts help us from following our inertia through the windsheild when our car is impacted from the front or back. Well, if the only thing that is holding us back is inertia, [...]