This has been ruled out previously, as the mechanism was unknown. Scientists have now discovered that: The tidal forces of Venus, Earth and Jupiter produce a gravitational pull that can cause changes to the plasma on the surface of the … Continue reading
When studying solar storms, the Carrington Event of 1859 always comes up as an example of how bad they can be. Telegraph systems failed and even caught fire Auroras were seen in Hawaii and Mexico Not much else happened. But … Continue reading
This guy is like the alt Donald Trump. Actually self-made rich, but actually batshit crazy and has lived a life that makes Trump look like a Mummy’s boy. President for 2020? Nothing is impossible. Here he is promoting a “compressed … Continue reading
Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident who was brutally killed at the Saudi embassy, was probably a good guy. I’m not disputing that at all. His family, and their connections, were quite different. I’m guessing that enabled him to access the … Continue reading
Almost two decades of thought have gone into this… A slope, for water to flow down via gravity Fertile soil… if not, I can make any reasonable soil fertile with certain crops and a few years Permission. You can’t have … Continue reading
Arthur C Clarke placed three monoliths in our solar system (one on Earth) as a way to let the aliens know how we were progressing. Possibly this was extraordinarily prescient. There appear to be monoliths on Mars, and also on … Continue reading
I’ve been having a good think about the monoliths of Mars lately, about if they are not natural, how they got there. I’m pretty certain that humans never had the capability historically to get there. So that means aliens. And … Continue reading
Reading this article about the Usoi dam in Tajikistan is very sobering, and makes me feel blessed that I don’t live in that valley. Because the dam wasn’t mad-made, and the area is earthquake-prone, the risk is huge and disaster could … Continue reading
From New Scientist a few months ago: Philosophers as far back as Pliny the Elder have speculated that the moon’s movements across the sky might also be responsible for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Statisticians fought over the significance of … Continue reading
There are no plans to prevent an EMP attack specifically, because it would be treated the same as any nuclear warhead fired at the USA. This is a joke: Power companies have made a few moves to protect against electromagnetic … Continue reading