Recent content by Norbert Fnord

To me the electromagnetic radiation is a propagating wave until it is detected. So with the standard double slit it propagates through both slits as a probability and interferes with itself producing an interference pattern of probabilities and therefore produces the multiple bands on the...

US will probably get there first as congress is forcing the issue with NASA. http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/12/congress-nasa-must-not-only-go-to-europa-it-must-land/

Thank you - for all of that.

Cephalopods (octopuses, squids, nautilus, etc.) are among the most complex invertebrates. They have been around since before the dinosaurs. Yet, there are none that tolerate fresh water today - perhaps there never have been (I am aware there is one squid in Chesapeake that lives in brackish...

I believe that if they find a significant quantity of liquid water with the usual common elements available and a source of energy (keeping the water liquid) but no life, that would be highly significant. Currently, it appears that life appeared on Earth almost as soon as it was possible to do...

Hello everyone. I only have physics and maths to O level (age 16 normal for the rest of the world). I'll try to understand what I'm talking about before I nevertheless say something very stupid. That may be the last sensible thing I say on this site.