Links for 29-04-2007
Black holes and revelations, ignore the threat of alien invasions…
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1 – Could black holes be portals to other universes?
“If so, it would help resolve a quantum conundrum known as the black hole information paradox, but critics say it would also raise new problems, such as how the wormholes would form in the first place.”
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2 – How not to prepare for an alien invasion
“…setting aside hand-waving dismissals of the Fermi Paradox (and that’s a BIG caveat), if an advanced space-faring intelligence were to arrive at Earth with hostile intentions, their attack would be over before we could say, ‘E.T. phone home.’”
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3 – Rapid-fire ’spark plug’ may bring fusion power closer
“A “spark plug” that should trigger nuclear fusion in a pellet of hydrogen every 10 seconds is being tested by Russian and US researchers.”
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4 – The Villanizer – Steampunk Guitar
“The Villanizer started life as a Rhodes Jackson V. It’s not every day you take a band saw to a guitar that plays as well as this thing does.” Mum, mum! Give me a money!
