Good Morning, and welcome back to Science Saturday. Let’s begin. BBC: Weird Signals from Space Scientists have detected repeated, millisecond-long radio signals from a galaxy approximately 1.5 billion light-years away. The signals were generated with a level of energy roughly equivalent to what the sun can produce in one year. This is only the second …
Welcome back to the Cluttered Desk! After taking a few weeks off from the blog, I’ve returned to my usual post schedule. This rest has been much needed, but I feel refreshed and ready to take on 2019! Just because I’ve been away from the blog though, doesn’t mean I’ve been away from writing completely. …
Before we get into Science Saturday, I will announce the winner of the Holiday Raffle. Congratulations to: Tammie Ahearn! And a big thank you to everyone who participated in the raffle. Stick around for more contests in the future. Without further ado, Science Saturday: Space.com: Both sides of the Heliosphere Touched Last Month, the Voyager …
Hello everyone. Welcome to another Science Saturday. Here’s what’s happening: ScienceDaily: Fractals in Medicine Scientists are starting to use fractal mathematics to model gene interactions. Fractals are patterns found in nature which recur at progressively smaller scales. Scientists believe that because DNA interactions are not random, fractal models will simulate things like cancer growth and …
Short stories are hard. I’ve always known that I prefer writing novels to short stories, and now that I’m trying my hand at short fiction again, I remember why. I’ve already talked about why I think it’s important for me to write short stories right now, and none of those reasons are that all the …
Welcome to another Science Saturday! Let’s begin: Futurism.com: Fusion Reactor World Records A second round of tests were conducted at the Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator, a type of reactor that’s used to research fusion. The Stellerator was able to sustain plasma for 100 seconds, a new world record, and achieved temperatures of over 36 million …
NOTE: Nyxia Unleashed is the Sequel to Nyxia by Scott Reintgen. As usual I will include as few spoilers for Nyxia Unleashed, but there will probably be significant spoilers for Nyxia in this post. If you think you might be interested in reading this series, but you haven’t read Nyxia yet, you can find my …
Hello Everyone, I hope that you’ve all had a great Thanksgiving. With December just around the corner, It’s time to kick off the Holiday Raffle! To enter, subscribe to The Cluttered Desk, and share this post on your favorite social media platform. The winner will be picked randomly on December 15th, so enter before then! …
Several of my recent Science Saturday posts have mentioned developments in the pursuit of nuclear fusion. Today we’ll take a closer look at what fusion really is, how we could use it, and speculate at whether or not it’s really possible. What is Fusion? Fusion is a nuclear reaction where two smaller atomic nuclei fuse …
Welcome to another Science Saturday everyone. Let’s begin. ScienceNews: Redefining the Kilogram On November 16, at a session of the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, The powers that be decided to eliminate Le Grand K as the standard definition of the kilogram. The kilogram will instead be defined by the Planck …