Astrophysics In ProgressinPredict·2 days agoThe Physics of Science FictionYou cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront this. ~ Michio Kaku — Science fiction is often nothing more than stories spun for the sole purpose of entertainment. But for many (including me), it is their first introduction to the realm of science. In the past few decades, science fiction has even evolved to include concepts that have a real basis in science…Physics5 min read
Sun 김선 Sailor·1 day agoIn Seven Parts — Book Three* Sketches: The Monitors, Dei, The Listmaker’s Ranch, The Barn, and of course, LadybugIf you have no idea from whence we came, you can read Red & Blue Make Green (book one) on amazon, and read Bromides (book two) on medium. Part I The Monitors are a set of Bromides who monitor the passing of day to night, night to day. Existing roughly…Time Travel8 min read
Martin FrenchinEverything Shortform·3 days agoYou’re an idiot, and you’re an idiot because you think you’re so clever.You’re an idiot, and you’re an idiot because you think you’re so clever. You think that going to visit yourself in the future is going to work out? You think you’ll learn something that will help you be rich, or clever, or even just happy? Shows what you know. But…Science Fiction1 min read
Sam Carlson·4 days agoTime, the HousekeeperI never thought I would return, but last summer I went back to high school. My mom was the coordinator for the city’s public school’s home delivered meals program which was based at the high school I had graduated from over a decade earlier. I pulled into the parking lot…History4 min read
AanikaJahanAador·1 day agoThought # 03Better Luck Next Time Next time? What is next time…? There is nothing in this world like a next time. It’s just a shadow. Don’t run after a shadow. Only pay attention to the existence. To the present.Time Travel1 min read
Hareesha Dandamudi·5 days agoApache Spark — Delta LakeBasics to get started. — Delta lake is a open source storage layer with support of ACID transactions to Apache Spark and big data workloads. Other powerful features include unification of streaming and batch data processing, time travel(data versioning) and scalable metadata handling. This article will go into some details on how to start spark…Delta Lake6 min read
NarendraninILLUMINATION·4 days agoThe Time MachineIf you had a time machine with which you could only travel once and not return, what time period would you travel to and why? I would definitely travel to the past. Most of my friends answered that they would travel in the future. …Time Travel1 min read
Jessica Norris·May 18A Whovian at heartsWarning: the following contains spoilers for Doctor Who You know you’re a Whovian when… (select all that apply) 1. Dr. Who Christmas specials are on your Christmas movie watch list 2. You own one or more sonic screwdriver replicas 3. You have a favorite doctor, or you have specific reasons why you like…Doctor Who6 min read
Julia Mossbridge, PhD·May 17Practical Time Travel for Everyday Mystics: A Serial Essay (installment 3)(read installment 1 and installment 2) Messages from the future Bruno Silva, a twenty-nine-year old Brazilian man, was still working out how to understand his experience when he emailed me about six weeks following a dream about a car accident. “I woke up at 9 am from a dream that I was walking in…Time18 min read
Richard Crim·May 16Random Thoughts — 04What I think about while arranging cookies on a plate. The only way that time travel could work is if time has substance. If it’s like an agar block that a hollow point bullet is penetrating. At the point of impact the universe is small, barely a grain of sand. Then the bullet rips into the time bloc and a…Musings1 min read
