Dark Matter: Fact or Fuck You?

First off, in the interest of full disclosure, let me start off by saying:  My math skills are limited.  I can add, subtract, multiply, and divide; the latter of which causes me to cry tears of blood.  I took and passed all the math classes in HS and let the information die a quick and [...]

Is SETI a Waste of Time?

The SETI program, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, started back in 1960 with astronomer Frank Drake from Cornell University, who used a 26-meter radio-telescope to examine the Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani systems.  No luck.  Today, SETI projects survey the sky for transmissions from distant civilizations.  The soviets took an early interest in the 1960’s [...]