85). Though atomic clocks may provide fascinating remedies for our mental shortcomings in this respect, I do prefer the exquisitely-crafted, fine time pieces by Raymond Weil,but settled for a Festina.
- On Mar. 20, 2009, National Public Radio's All Things Considered broadcast a segment entitled "Smart People Really Do Think Faster" by Jon Hamilton on recent research findings providing evidence that higher intelligence can indeed be associated with greater nervous processing speed (03/25/09).
- They may exist after all. Read here. Watch this (04/22/09):
- According to Kate Kelland's post entitled "Scientists say "super-Earth" has rocky surface" on Reuters today, astronomers have discovered 330 exoplanets so far. Exoplanets revolve around suns different from our own. Most are very large gas giants. But recent studies indicate that a smaller one is rocky like Earth. The universe seems filled with plenty opportunity (09/16/09)!
- According to the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia, the number of exoplanets stands at 452 today. Paul Davies who heads the BEYOND center for fundamental concepts in science at Arizona State University published an insightful essay entitled "Is Anybody Out There?" on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in The Wall Street Journal on Apr. 10 (10/22/10).
- A NASA spokesman provides some insights where the agency is looking for extraterrestrial life in an interview with CNN's John Roberts (04/29/10):
- The eminent cosmologist Stephen Hawking wrote an insightful essay entitled "How to build a time machine" published online in the Daily Mail yesterday, explaining why causality is a fundamental condition in the universe and whether traveling in time is theoretically feasible. The idea of speeding around a black hole to advance in time is the theme of Brian Greene's wonderful book "Icarus at the Edge of Time" for children with the only difference that Icarus manages to travel faster forward than Hawking postulates (05/04/10).
- The first planet has been detected which may support life under similar conditions as Earth. According to this estimate, a visit may not be entirely out of reach (09/30/10).
- The possibilities of life different from ours seem boundless. Listen to today's report by Rebecca Davis and Christopher Joyce on National Public Radio's News with the title "The Deep-Sea Find that Changed Biology" on the discovery of lifeforms that thrive without oxygen in total darkness near deep sea vents (12/05/2011).
- If you wish to join the Kepler team's search for exoplanets, you may visit planethunters.org (12/24/2011).