Could we be living in a computer simulation?
Oct10

Could we be living i...

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The good folks over at io9 have posted a really nice piece on the possibility that we are living inside a huge computer simulation. Sound like codswallop?  Probably.  Is it possible?  Definitely. A snippet: Interestingly, the researchers consider their simulation to be a...

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New Comet May Outshine Moon
Sep29

New Comet May Outshi...

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An exciting piece of news from over at Geekologie. A new comet, which has been discovered near Saturn, could become one of the brightest ever recorded when it speeds past the Sun in late 2013/early 2014. The comet, entitled Comet ISON (C/2012S1) will burn up past the sun.  Although it...

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The Asteroid That Saved Christianity
Sep13

The Asteroid That Saved Christianity

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The year is 312AD. Constantine, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, has launched a pre-emptive attack on rival emperor Maxentius, with the two meeting in battle at Milvian Bridge. Constantine, by this stage, was likely a Christian.  Christianity in the early 4th Century was a small religion in Europe, with relatively few adherents compared to paganism and the other cults of belief along the fringes of the Roman Empire.  As a Roman Emperor, Constantine kept his faith quiet. The historian Eusebius claimed that Constantine received a signal from God – a revelation that led him to glory in battle.  Constantine was able to attribute...

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