Don’t forget to save your work    Looking at the headlines at present, it seems that mankind is making really good progress towards a global catastrophe of some kind. Whether it’s over population,

Reconsidering our place in the Universe   Well, it’s been a long time. In fact it’s been more than two years since I wrote my first two Steem posts on cometary panspermia, and much has moved on. A fascinating

FACT CANNON: Blowing big holes in entrenched thinking. Evolution From Space Hopefully you’ve all read FACT CANNON #5: The Origin of Life – Panspermia and Cosmic Ancestry, which gives an overview of Sir

Or: Why You Must Read ‘Evolution From Space’ by Sir Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe Image Credits It’s funny how ideas spread themselves around, sometimes without any obvious means of transmission.

CHIN STROKER: Offbeat posts for people who overthink things and say ‘Hmmm...’ a lot.    Introducing CHIN STROKER    CHIN STROKER is a new sister series to FACT CANNON, where I intend to mull over some

FACT CANNON: Provoking intelligent debate since the middle of last month. This time with some stuff about spider behaviour. Different Worlds, Different People The Earth is a very big place. Big enough,

FACT CANNON: Interesting stuff to distract your colleagues with. Paul’s Story image credits Paul The Octopus was a Common Octopus who reportedly had the power to predict the future, specifically in relation

FACT CANNON: Fascinating facts to fire at your friends, family and colleagues. Mount Tambora Mount Tambora is a super volcano situated on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. It erupted on 5 April 1815,

FACT CANNON: A regular series presenting amazing facts to impress and amuse your friends, family and colleagues.  Romanesco Broccoli A stunning vegetable representation of fractal mathematics, the

How important is Steemit? At present, maybe a little. In the not too distant future, maybe astonishingly. Modern Society I read this brilliant post this morning, and put forward a reply suggesting that

Two simple techniques that will work regardless of your favourite lottery and whichever country you happen to live in.  I’ll explain how you can make it work for you at the end of the post, but first I

Hi all, just a thought. That flag is a little close to the User Details button. Would hate for anyone to get an accidental down vote given the tragic consequences for their reputation. May become a bigger

Hi, I’m Matrioshka. In all likelihood I’m a seemingly autonomous intelligence inhabiting a simulated universe created within a Matrioshka Brain, much like the one that appears to be enclosing star KIC

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