Pondering

Welcome to the Space Ponder.

10 min

Carl Sagan's Extended Kardashev Scale.

The Kardashev Scale is a theoretical framework developed by the Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev in 1964 to measure the level of...

Opal Found On Mars Lettuces Ponder Mars' Watery Past.

Dylan Hovis Walker

2 min

Pondering

Opal Found On Mars Lettuces Ponder Mars' Watery Past.

In October 2021, NASA's Mars Rover, Perseverance, made a groundbreaking discovery: a small, shiny rock that turned out to be an opal....

Dylan Hovis Walker

7 min

Pondering

Does matter have a rock bottom?

R eductionism is the idea that complex phenomena can be explained by breaking them down into simpler components or parts. While...

Could information be the 5th state of matter? Let's ponder.

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

Pondering

Could information be the 5th state of matter? Let's ponder.

In the world of physics, we often think of matter in terms of its physical states: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. These states are...

Marcin Świtała

1 min

Pondering

interference: Hyperbolas transition to ellipses

Hyperbolas have the same equation as ellipses and transition to each other. The only difference is the sign of the second component with...

Fractals within practical uses: Satellite tagged Narwhals. Let's ponder the data.

Dylan Hovis Walker

4 min

Pondering

Fractals within practical uses: Satellite tagged Narwhals. Let's ponder the data.

Recently, biologists published an extensive study in PLOS Computational Biology. A team of biologists tracked the behaviour of narwhals...

Did AI just discover 'Alternative physics'?

Dylan Hovis Walker

2 min

Pondering

Did AI just discover 'Alternative physics'?

An artificial intelligence program has identified variables to describe various physical phenomena. An AI program developed by Columbia...

Human brain is the most complex thing in the cosmos. Let's ponder this ego massage

Dylan Hovis Walker

6 min

Pondering

Human brain is the most complex thing in the cosmos. Let's ponder this ego massage

There is no exaggeration to be made when it comes to stating that human brains are extraordinary organs. No other brain in the animal...

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

Pondering

What the fudge is the Milk Carton Rule?

We're coming back from space and landing on Earth today. We'll be pondering the Milk Carton Rule. In order to help you work more...

Homosapian or Homotechno? Interesting Pondering From Grimes.

Dylan Hovis Walker

2 min

Pondering

Homosapian or Homotechno? Interesting Pondering From Grimes.

Grimes pondered in a Lex Podcast that humans have now evolved into Homotechnos. She pondered "Probably since the beginning of the iPhone,...

Humans, cities, and technology are not separate from nature, they are nature.

Dylan Hovis Walker

1 min

Pondering

Humans, cities, and technology are not separate from nature, they are nature.

Humans aren't separate from nature, we are nature. So, even the cities, technology, cars, pollution; anything man-made is nature. Why...

Lazy Tabloids use sensationalism & clickbait, but James Webb Telescope is fine after meteoroid hit.

Dylan Hovis Walker

2 min

Pondering

Lazy Tabloids use sensationalism & clickbait, but James Webb Telescope is fine after meteoroid hit.

James Webb Telescope is fine after hit by meteoroid

Dylan Hovis Walker

4 min

Pondering

Hexagons, hexagons, hexagons!

For a year, I suddenly started seeing hexagons everywhere, so I got searching to why there are so many hexagons. Apparently is it to do...

The Missing Link in Evolution; The Lost Menu of Mankind.

Dylan Hovis Walker

5 min

Pondering

The Missing Link in Evolution; The Lost Menu of Mankind.

This is regarding the theory by Terrence Mckenna that states that plants and mushrooms have a relationship in our evolution & that these...

Flow State. The interesting phycology about being in the zone.

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

Pondering

Flow State. The interesting phycology about being in the zone.

Flow is your most productive mental state in which during an activity you are fully immersed in a feeling of energised focus, full involveme

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

Pondering

Alcubierre Warp Drive

Is faster than light travel possible? The ship is not moving through space-time (but moving space-time itself) It is analogous to a...

The Allegory Of The Cave Was Made To Help Us Grasp Platonic Realism.

Dylan Hovis Walker

5 min

Philosophy

The Allegory Of The Cave Was Made To Help Us Grasp Platonic Realism.

This is continuing on from a previous article. I'd highly suggest you read the prior article if you haven't heard what the allegory of...

Dylan Hovis Walker

10 min

Pondering

Carl Sagan's Extended Kardashev Scale.

The Kardashev Scale is a theoretical framework developed by the Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev in 1964 to measure the level of...

Dylan Hovis Walker

2 min

Pondering

Opal Found On Mars Lettuces Ponder Mars' Watery Past.

In October 2021, NASA's Mars Rover, Perseverance, made a groundbreaking discovery: a small, shiny rock that turned out to be an opal....

Dylan Hovis Walker

7 min

Philosophy

A Modern Day Allegory Of The Cave.

The Allegory of the Cave is a philosophical thought experiment that was introduced by the Greek philosopher Plato in his book "The...

Dylan Hovis Walker

7 min

Pondering

Does matter have a rock bottom?

R eductionism is the idea that complex phenomena can be explained by breaking them down into simpler components or parts. While...

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

Pondering

Could information be the 5th state of matter? Let's ponder.

In the world of physics, we often think of matter in terms of its physical states: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. These states are...

Universe way older than 13.8 billion years

Dylan Hovis Walker

8 min

Big Bang

Universe way older than 13.8 billion years

why the current model of the universe breaks this fundamental law, that energy cannot be created nor destroyed. The arrow of time is...

Marcin Świtała

1 min

Pondering

interference: Hyperbolas transition to ellipses

Hyperbolas have the same equation as ellipses and transition to each other. The only difference is the sign of the second component with...

Dylan Hovis Walker

4 min

Pondering

Fractals within practical uses: Satellite tagged Narwhals. Let's ponder the data.

Recently, biologists published an extensive study in PLOS Computational Biology. A team of biologists tracked the behaviour of narwhals...

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

We live in amazing times! Maybe unprecedented times? Let's ponder.

Let's ponder these amazing times we're in. At least in 1st world countries. We often hear on the news 99% of negative things about this...

Dylan Hovis Walker

2 min

Pondering

Did AI just discover 'Alternative physics'?

An artificial intelligence program has identified variables to describe various physical phenomena. An AI program developed by Columbia...

Another new pic from Webb. The cosmic spider.

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

Astrophoto of the day

Another new pic from Webb. The cosmic spider.

Download the highest res here or click the image All sizes | A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb | Flickr - Photo Sharing! We've...

Dylan Hovis Walker

6 min

Pondering

Human brain is the most complex thing in the cosmos. Let's ponder this ego massage

There is no exaggeration to be made when it comes to stating that human brains are extraordinary organs. No other brain in the animal...

Dylan Hovis Walker

3 min

Pondering

What the fudge is the Milk Carton Rule?

We're coming back from space and landing on Earth today. We'll be pondering the Milk Carton Rule. In order to help you work more...

Astrophotographer, Gary Palmer, shoots incredible sun pics and more.

Dylan Hovis Walker

1 min

Astrophoto of the day

Astrophotographer, Gary Palmer, shoots incredible sun pics and more.

Our focus in this article will be Gary's stunning astrophotos and his interesting equipment, which he regularly shares on Facebook. Not...

We didn't win the cosmic lottery, life is inevitable.

Dylan Hovis Walker

1 min

General Cosmology

We didn't win the cosmic lottery, life is inevitable.

There are over 700 quintillion planets in the cosmos. We're didn't win the cosmic lottery, existence is a high probability.

Does free will exist? Let's ponder to find out.

Dylan Hovis Walker

2 min

Philosophy