Science

Cryonics

Cryonics is the process of using ultra cold temperature (using liquid Nitrogen; -196° C) to preserve a person who has been declared legally dead, in the hope that future medical technology can repair and revive the person. Refer to the Cryonics Primer to learn more.

Asteroid Impact Hazard

April 13, 2036 may become a dark day in human history. As it stands now, there is a 1 in 45,000 chance of the asteroid Apophis striking the Earth. Check the back of your lottery tickets and you will see that there are better odds of this occuring than you holding a winning ticket in your hand. Course projections show that it could impact somewhere along a line that stretches east from Siberia to the West coast of Africa. There does exist a good probability that the asteroid would hit the Pacific Ocean. If this occurs, the impact could trigger a tsunami that would devastate the West coast of North America.

Further observations of the asteroid as it makes a close approach in 2013 may increase or decrease the odds of the event in 2036. As it stands now, on April 13, 2029, Apophis will come within 32187 km of Earth. According to planetary scientist David Tholen, "It's going to come so close to the Earth in 2029 that its orbit will change, and it might change enough so that it comes back and hits us in 2036.

Personal Hypothesis and Therories

Hypothesis concerning the origin of localized Dark Energy
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April 20, 2003

Dark Energy is the motive force of the faster than light expansion of the universe. This faster than light (FTL) expansion does not violate Relativity due to the creation of space/time within the expansion event. Dark Energy, can therefore can be termed Tachyonic Energy.

The expansion of space/time creates a local rippling effect, and encapsulates a portion of the Tachyonic Energy. Such encapsulated Tachyonic Energy (Dark Energy) can therefore explain some of the known properties of Dark Energy, particularly that of an apparent anti-gravity/repulsive effect.

Theory of sustained fusion reaction using microscopic Black Hole

The ability to obtain a sustainable fusion reaction could be accomplished through the creation of a microscopic black hole produced by a high velocity particle collision which occur in particle accelerators. The microscopic black hole could be "fed" with the introduction of Hydrogen, or deuterium and tritium atoms which would be compressed by a bank of LASERs to precipitate the fusion reaction prior to the atoms being introduced into the black hole, therefore preventing the evaporation of the black hole due to Hawking radiation. The magnetic and gravitational effects of the black hole would augment and sustain a fusion reaction as additional Hydrogen, or deuterium and tritium atoms are introduced along the magnetic field lines of the black hole. Energy would be extracted from the black hole along the polar magnetic field lines, which are associated with particle jets.

References

PhysicsWeb. September 2, 2005 "Europe Plans Laser-Fusion Facility"
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/9/2/1

BBC News. March 17, 2005 "Lab Fireball 'May Be Black Hole'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4357613.stm

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