Tag: humans

  • Measuring laws…

    Measuring laws…

    One of the fundamental physical constants, the ‘weak axial vector coupling constant’ (gA), has now been measured with very high precision for the first time. It is needed to explain nuclear fusion in the sun, to understand the formation of elements shortly after the Big Bang, or to understand important experiments in particle physics. With […]

  • Reaching your potential…

    Reaching your potential…

    Having aspirations helps us navigate life in a meaningful and fulfilling way, but it can also cause psychological distress when hopes are left unfulfilled. New research has found that it’s not failing to make progress toward our ‘ideal-self’ that is problematic but rather the tendency to focus on that lack of progress in a negative […]

  • Walking upright (Missing home…)

    A paper published today in the Journal of Geology makes the case: Supernovae bombarded Earth with cosmic energy starting as many as 8 million years ago, with a peak some 2.6 million years ago, initiating an avalanche of electrons in the lower atmosphere and setting off a chain of events that feasibly ended with bipedal […]

  • Questions… Hiding the Answers…

    Questions… Hiding the Answers…

    We keep on asking our selves how we can live forever. We keep trying to find answers on deep philosophical questions for the meaning of life. We insist on trying to find out what ‘reality’ is. Only because we are afraid. To admit that there are no answers to our questions. We always knew that. […]

  • Longevity. Xenon 124. Universe.

    Longevity. Xenon 124. Universe.

    Theory predicts the isotope’s radioactive decay has a half-life that surpasses the age of the universe “by many orders of magnitude,” but no evidence of the process has appeared until now. An international team of physicists that includes three Rice University researchers – assistant professor Christopher Tunnell, visiting scientist Junji Naganoma and assistant research professor […]