Stephen Hawking suggests we recon the cosmos for a new home. Like, now.

Stephen Hawking says we should get our asses into outer space fast. But like… why should I listen to the smartest theoretical physicist since Einstein? I do what I want. Well, I won’t be able to do what I want when I come back next lifetime as a mouse or mouse dung fungus. And that’ll suck for not-so-badass-anymore me. ’cause Hawking insists we can’t live on earth indefinitely – not.. Read More

Dark side of the moon

I wasn’t always geekcited about sciency stuff. Had I heard you talk about the moon’s dark side back in high school, I probably would have thought you meant the Pink Floyd album. Now that I’m older, I obviously know better and fully understand that’s its cruel secret side that comes home and kicks the cat before beating the children. But what that very insightful information still doesn’t answer is why.. Read More

How it all began – not with a bang but a Swarzchild Radius

So, we’re a few months out from the end of the world and I think I’ve finally figured out how it all began… or close to it, at least. As I was watching a fun TV show called “The Universe” with its musings on the Big Bang, and how our universe can be traced back all these billions of years to that one point in time, I couldn’t help but.. Read More