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The Future of Humanity #2

February 21, 2021by Mekhi Dhesi 1 Comment

The second post looking to the future of human civilisation and the risks facing our species.

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Artificial Intelligence, Opinion, Science

The Future of Humanity #1

February 6, 2021by Mekhi Dhesi 7 Comments

A post thinking about the future of human civilisation and the biggest risks facing the long term survival of our species.

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Opinion, Science, Space

The Long Voyage

September 15, 2017by Mekhi Dhesi 9 Comments

To mark their 40th anniversary, we tell the story of the Voyager missions. Twin spacecrafts launched in 1977 that have travelled further than any human object, out into the depths of interstellar space and are still reaching for the stars.

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Astrophysics, Science, Space

A Spectacular Show

January 26, 2017by Mekhi Dhesi 20 Comments

The science behind the spectacular display of the Aurora Borealis a.k.a Northern Lights. This mystical display of colours may be better left to childhood imagination but in the name of science we shall explain its true origin.

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Physics, Science, Space

Where is everyone? The Fermi Paradox

November 6, 2016by Mekhi Dhesi 77 Comments

This post examines the Fermi Paradox which asks the question, where is everyone in this vast universe? Why have we received no signs of extraterrestrial life when we scour the night skies?… Where are all the aliens?

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Astrophysics, Science, Space

The tale of the dynamic blue dot.

March 25, 2016by Joe 8 Comments

Today, we go on a journey that can only be made in the mind. We attempt to form an appreciation that the features of the Earth cannot (and should not) be […]

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Physics, Science

Shake it up.

March 9, 2016by Joe 12 Comments

The other day there there was an Earthquake which could be felt through Oxfordshire (see the source here). I have actually been unwittingly forced into some geological studies through my […]

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Physics, Science

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