Category Archives: Physics

Interesting news from the world of Physics

Thorium- At Last!

Set in the years when the world was in (completely justified) fear of nuclear Armageddon, Saucers holds a mirror to our current universal fear of destruction through global warming. In both cases, self interest from the most powerful continue to make the risk higher and the potential damage more devastating for all. We may look […]

RIP Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg 3 May 1933 – 23 July 2021. One of the giants of physics. A Few selected steven weinberg quotes [On the Fakebook effect] – “All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically” [On magic] – “Sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary” [On knowledge] – “This is […]

Quantum Theory? It’s for the Birds!

Two years ago, I attended a lecture (and demonstration) at Melbourne University which was the inspiration for two upcoming novels: “Immersion” and “Ersatz”. Although this article suggests that the active agent is a protein rather than grains of iron, it comes to the same conclusion. Nova: A bird’s eye view of quantum entanglement [Gerald St […]