Human Nature

THE COSMIC HOLOGRAM

For this month’s blog [The Hundredth Edition] I wanted to look at something deep and meaningful to celebrate. Hence the Cosmic Hologram was born. The blog takes a brief [and layman’s] look at the latest thinking on the structure of the universe and mankind’s place within it. I am no expert on matters relating to…

LARGE HOT AIR BALLOONS

Large air balloons have been in the news a lot recently so I thought it might be interesting to have a look at these specific types of aircraft and their history. They go back further than you may think. The first air balloon with a human payload In November 1783, the first free flight carrying…

Ancient Astronauts

Introduction Much has been written and discussed about the possibility or otherwise that alien beings have visited Earth since time immemorial. Books, social media and TV shows/documentaries purport to cover the subject in depth, albeit with evidence based on supposition rather than pure fact. However, the case is not helped by the fact that the…

Climatic Tipping Points

Introduction First up—what are Climatic Tipping Points? Tipping points are thresholds where a small change could push a system into a completely new state. They are based on positive feedback loops, whereby an effect of something actually reinforces the cause. With respect to the Earth’s climates, they are caused when particular impacts of global heating…