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Unwinding the Cosmos

Richard Merrick

Torsion physics may well give us the missing link needed to solve the world's energy and ecological crises while offering the ultimate "Theory of Everything." (more)

12-27-07

Tech

Breaking the Speed of Light... and of Thought

Richard Merrick

Recently, a pair of German physicists announced that the speed of light had been surpassed. If true, it's not only a revolution in science, it is a revolution in thought. Welcome to the age of quantum communication. (more)

10-1-07

Life

Music of the Quantum Lattice

Richard Merrick

A theory called "Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics" is on the rise in high-energy physics, proposing an invisible, all-pervasive structure beneath all matter. Sharing amazing similarities with the mathematics of harmonics, Lattice QCD reveals the natural world – atoms, plants, animals and planetary orbits – as a kind of crystallized music, in perfect harmony. (more)

8-14-07

Tech

The Forgotten Science: Zero-Point Energy

Richard Merrick

Long forgotten principles of electromagnetism have reemerged as central to the search for free energy. That's right – free energy, taken right from space itself! Emerging technologies could bring about a catalytic change in the world, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels while rearranging the planet’s politico-economic landscape. (more)

6-29-07