glenc
01-01-2010, 05:42 PM
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1160757/2009-Review-Most-popular-New-Scientist-stories
There are 12 stories. The most popular two were:
2: Our world may be a giant hologram (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126911.300-our-world-may-be-a-giant-hologram.html)
It may sound absurd, but there is plenty of theoretical physics that strongly suggests the entire universe is an enormous cosmic hologram, man. The idea has floated around for years, but now there is real evidence. A German experiment looking for gravitational waves has picked up some inexplicable noise, and it could be a clue to the underlying nature of the cosmos.
1: Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127001.300-space-storm-alert-90-seconds-from-catastrophe.html)
Normal storms are bad enough, but a solar storm could be really disastrous. The fiercest release balls of plasma from the sun's surface, and if one of them was to hit the Earth's magnetic field our power grids would be wiped out, our modern technological society would be shut down overnight, and it would take months or even years to repair the damage – during which time millions of people would die. Bad news. Happy reading!
There are 12 stories. The most popular two were:
2: Our world may be a giant hologram (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126911.300-our-world-may-be-a-giant-hologram.html)
It may sound absurd, but there is plenty of theoretical physics that strongly suggests the entire universe is an enormous cosmic hologram, man. The idea has floated around for years, but now there is real evidence. A German experiment looking for gravitational waves has picked up some inexplicable noise, and it could be a clue to the underlying nature of the cosmos.
1: Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127001.300-space-storm-alert-90-seconds-from-catastrophe.html)
Normal storms are bad enough, but a solar storm could be really disastrous. The fiercest release balls of plasma from the sun's surface, and if one of them was to hit the Earth's magnetic field our power grids would be wiped out, our modern technological society would be shut down overnight, and it would take months or even years to repair the damage – during which time millions of people would die. Bad news. Happy reading!