Tuesday, March 28, 2006
The National Anthem
I've written my Evaluation for my Final Year project and it finally feels like it's comming to an end! I still have little bits to do, mainly trimming it by up to 2,000 words =/ but it's getting there. It's going to be such a huge relief to get it out the way.
I downloaded quite an interesting documentary the other day about most of our universe missing. It was obviously about Dark Matter but i didn't know it was so sketchy and theoretical. They basically don't know what it is, they've just given it a name. There's a researcher who has been looking for dark matter, and because it can pass through the Earth (not being in this dimension) he's doing it down a mine, and in 16 years he's had no luck whatsoever. I just thought he was an idiot.
Talking about other dimensions i also found that a paper has been released saying that warp speed is possible (Link). It's pretty interesting. Yes i am a nerd. It talks about other demensions (a possible 8 including the 4 we already know) and using the link between gravity and electromagnatism in one of these dimensions we could build and anti-gravity drive which'll allow us to enter that demension where the speed of light should be greater. They compare it to the dimension that contains Dark Energy, which is what is accelerating the expansion of the universe, but it's a bit beyond me.
To redeem this post, i present Fainting Goats!
Fainting Goats!
How much fun could you have if you came across a field of these guys? =D
x
Comments:
I remember reading about the man looking for dark matter down a mine shaft, possibly in Bill Bryson's A short History...
Must be nice to be paid to look for something that may or may not exist! :)
I downloaded quite an interesting documentary the other day about most of our universe missing. It was obviously about Dark Matter but i didn't know it was so sketchy and theoretical. They basically don't know what it is, they've just given it a name. There's a researcher who has been looking for dark matter, and because it can pass through the Earth (not being in this dimension) he's doing it down a mine, and in 16 years he's had no luck whatsoever. I just thought he was an idiot.
Talking about other dimensions i also found that a paper has been released saying that warp speed is possible (Link). It's pretty interesting. Yes i am a nerd. It talks about other demensions (a possible 8 including the 4 we already know) and using the link between gravity and electromagnatism in one of these dimensions we could build and anti-gravity drive which'll allow us to enter that demension where the speed of light should be greater. They compare it to the dimension that contains Dark Energy, which is what is accelerating the expansion of the universe, but it's a bit beyond me.
To redeem this post, i present Fainting Goats!
Fainting Goats!
How much fun could you have if you came across a field of these guys? =D
x
Comments:
I remember reading about the man looking for dark matter down a mine shaft, possibly in Bill Bryson's A short History...
Must be nice to be paid to look for something that may or may not exist! :)
Must be nice to be paid to look for something that may or may not exist! :)