Mind Blown, Science!

Mind Blown: White Holes

We all know about black holes, those cosmic devourers from whose gravitational pull nothing, not even light, can escape. They are a point of fascination in both science and sciences fiction so common that the phrase “like a black hole” has become a part of our vernacular. But while you’ve probably heard about black holes you’re likely not all that familiar with their astronomical twin: the mythical white hole. In this month’s Mind Blown section I take a look at a natural phenomenon so mind bending to this point it has only been theorized about. So what exactly is a…

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Mind Blown, Science!

Mind Blown- Infinite Worlds Theory

Somewhere out there machete wielding Dinosaurs are oppressing the human race and you are the last great rebel hope to led an insurrection against their brutal regime and finally overthrow the egg laying bastards. Also somewhere out there you write steamy romance novels and wear only jeans that have been properly bedazzled. Thus is the beauty of Infinite Worlds Theory, according to which everything that could happen, has happened. Maybe just not to you. Infinite Worlds Theory, or as it is more properly called by cosmologists and theoretical physicists the Many Worlds Interpretation, states that there are an infinite number…

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