Tesla - Master of Lightning: A Weapon to End War - StumbleUpon. Tesla inherited from his father a deep hatred of war. Throughout his life, he sought a technological way to end warfare. He thought that war could be converted into, "a mere spectacle of machines. " In 1931 Tesla announced to reporters at a press conference that he was on the verge of discovering an entirely new source of energy. Asked to explain the nature of the power, he replied, "The idea first came upon me as a tremendous shock... I can only say at this time that it will come from an entirely new and unsuspected source. " War clouds were again darkening Europe. The idea generated considerable interest and controversy. By 1937 it was clear that war would soon break out in Europe. What set Tesla's proposal apart from the usual run of fantasy "death rays" was a unique vacuum chamber with one end open to the atmosphere.
Of all the countries to receive Tesla's proposal, the greatest interest came from the Soviet Union. The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less. Quantum fluctuation.
Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Copyright 1996-1997 by Eric Schulman. This piece was the inspiration for the book A Briefer History of Time and led to the Annals of Improbable Research Universal History Translation Project. Interested in learning more about any of these events? One-Minute Physics archive. Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV What's part of the universe?
You may think of it as incorporating everything that exists - both on Earth and in space - but could it also include the unknown? In this One-Minute Physics episode, film-maker Henry Reich delves into the notion of the universe as described by physics, distinguishing between the whole universe and what's observable. He looks at the three components of the universe that we are sure of and whether mathematics could be included or not. Then there is the concept of parallel universes that could extend our understanding of space. If you enjoyed this post, check out our previous animations, to find out, for example, if space is infinite or why mass has a split personality.
Ever been mesmerised by patterns of light at the bottom of a swimming pool? Time travel in the real world isn't yet possible. MacGregor Campbell, contributor We interact with the concept of mass every day. MacGregor Campbell, consultant. TED: Ideas worth spreading. Human Evolution by The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Pharyngula. FESTO.
LiveScience. Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
The discovery marks the first time such a large body of water has found in the planet's deep mantle. [The World's Biggest Oceans and Seas] The finding, made by Michael Wysession, a seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis, and his former graduate student Jesse Lawrence, now at the University of California, San Diego, will be detailed in a forthcoming monograph to be published by the American Geophysical Union. Looking down deep The pair analyzed more than 600,000 seismograms — records of waves generated by earthquakes traveling through the Earth—collected from instruments scattered around the planet. They noticed a region beneath Asia where seismic waves appeared to dampen, or "attenuate," and also slow down slightly. "That is exactly what we show here," Wysession said. Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment & Technology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
PNAS.