The Meerkat of Science: Alien Life
A short while ago, I wrote a Meerkat Prompt regarding UFOs, and pondered the fanciful logic required to accept the idea of alien craft visiting earth. This is not to say I regard aliens...
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The Meerkat of Science: Eta Carinae
Space is filled with fascinating stars. There are diminutive red dwarves, there are stars like our own sun, that spin in orbit around each other. You have stars that are so large they would...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Vaccines
In the wake of Donald Trump appointing known vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as the health secretary of the USA, I believe now may be a good time to bring up how vaccines...
The Meerkat of Science: Where the Light Stops
Previously, I wrote of what becomes of massive stars when they die. One of the products of a stellar behemoth’s death is a black hole, a point in space of infinite density, where gravity...
The Meerkat of Science: The Death of Giants
In the previous episode of The Meerkat of Science, I wrote of our own star, and how it is destined to one day expand into a red giant, consume the earth, and then become...
The Meerkat of Science: The Sun
The Sun is the single most important driving factor behind the processes that give life to us on earth. It gives us light, and provides us with heat, and the energy from the Sun...
The Meerkat of Science: Volcanoes
Volcanoes feature all around the world. They are often seen as destructive, dangerous forces, and they certainly are, but they can also breath new life into the regions that surround them, by providing some...
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