Explainer: Nietzsche, nihilism and reasons to be cheerful Jamie Parr, Australian Catholic University German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is sometimes dismissed as a malevolent figure, obsessed with the problem of nihilism and the “death of God”. Understandably, these ideas are unsettling: … Continue reading Nietzsche’s Jihad for Questioning
Valerio Faraoni, Bishop’s University It took Albert Einstein 10 years to find the equations of general relativity, but German astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild only needed a few months to solve them. Schwarzschild’s solution describes the gravity of an isolated, spherical and … Continue reading Our understanding of black holes has changed over time
Tim Thompson, Teesside University As space travel for recreational purposes is becoming a very real possibility, there could come a time when we are travelling to other planets for holidays, or perhaps even to live. Commercial space company Blue Origin … Continue reading Death in space: here’s what would happen to our bodies
Here’s what it tells us about end of our Solar System Dimitri Veras, University of Warwick How will the Solar System die? It’s a hugely important question that researchers have speculated a lot about, using our knowledge of physics to create … Continue reading We’ve spotted a planet surviving its dying star
– here’s how space tourism could affect older people Nick Caplan, Northumbria University, Newcastle and Christopher Newman, Northumbria University, Newcastle Is space really the final frontier? William Shatner is set to find out as he boldly goes where no 90-year-old has … Continue reading William Shatner to be oldest astronaut at 90
Here’s the real reason you probably haven’t heard of it Noah Wardrip-Fruin, University of California, Santa Cruz Before Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The progenitor of today’s US$175 billion industry debuted on Oct. 15, 1971, at … Continue reading Computer Space launched the video game industry 50 years ago
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