Wow! We've talked before that humans can't really comprehend large numbers, or very large or very small distances. We have to deploy metaphors to handle them. At this link is an image of the solar system, drawn to scale, including all the empty space. If you think you've ever seen that, you may be in … Continue reading If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel – A tediously accurate map of the solar system
Day: March 6, 2014
When Classical Universes Collide, The Result is Quantum Mechanics, Say Physicists
I shared this on Twitter, but it occurred to me that, although I didn't have any particular comment to make on it, many of my non-Twitter readers might find it interesting. The strange behaviour of the quantum world is direct evidence of the interaction between our universe and many other classical universes, according to a … Continue reading When Classical Universes Collide, The Result is Quantum Mechanics, Say Physicists
Epigenetics: The sins of the father
A while back I linked to a BBC story on the discovery that mice could pass on a learned fear of certain smells to their descendants. This is an almost Lamarckian observation, one that may indicate that the long discredited scientific theory of acquired traits being inheritable may have had a glimmer of truth. This … Continue reading Epigenetics: The sins of the father
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