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Arnie Benn

Yesterday's Science Fiction...

When I was young, my dream sci-fi gadget was a video phone. Think Mel Brooks in "Spaceballs." (If you’re old enough.) Now, there’s one...

Arnie Benn

Was Han Solo Simply Lying?

I don’t think he did the Kessel Run at all! A bold claim, certainly, but hear me out. Let's compare that galaxy 'far, far away’ to our...

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Big Bang Goes Bust? | Did The James Webb Space Telescope Just Disprove The Big Bang?

Was there really a Big Bang? Is the universe expanding as we've been told? Dive into the cosmic questions as we explore the evidence.

Arnie Benn

Where Is Everybody? — Aliens & The Fermi Paradox

“Where is everybody?” asked physicist Enrico Fermi, as he lunched with several of his physicist friends. It was 1950, and he was talking...

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3 Breakthroughs At The Quantum Bicycle Society

Every now and again, an astonishing advance is made in science. However, these are not always immediately recognized or embraced as such,...

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Killing The Greatness Of Peanut Butter

If your peanut butter does not look like this, do not eat it: If it looks like this (Skippy), it has been hydrogenated: Hydrogenation is...

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NATURE: Insistently Fractal & Self-Similar

You might find it as fascinating as I do that many structures in nature manifest the beautiful and ubiquitous Golden Spiral. It is one of...

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