When I Was A Student, The Laws

The Temptation To Believe That The Universe Is The Product Of Some Sort Of Design, A Manifestation Of Subtle Aesthetic And Mathematical Judgment, Is Overwhelming. The Belief That There Is "something Behind It All" Is One That I Personally Share With, I Suspect, A Majority Of Physicists.

It's Worth Remembering That All Technology Leaves A Footprint. For Example, Our Own Technology Is Leaving A Footprint In Terms Of Global Warming, Which Could Be Detected From A Long Way Away. One Assumes That A Very Advanced Civilization That Has Been Around Maybe Millions And Millions Of Years Would Have An Even Bigger Footprint That Might Extend Beyond Its Planet To Its Immediate Astronomical Environment.

Cancer Touches Every Family In One Way Or Another. As Other Diseases Are Brought Under Control, Cancer Is Set To Become The Number One Killer, And Is Already In Epidemic Proportions Worldwide.

If We're Looking For Intelligence In The Universe I Think Everybody Assumes That This Has To Start With Life And So The Question Is: "how Likely Is It That There Will Be Life Elsewhere In The Universe?"

In 1911 The Little Town Of Nakhla In Egypt Was The Scene Of One Of The Most Remarkable Events In Historym When A Chunk Of Rock Fell From The Sky And Killed A Dog. This Is The Only Known Canine Fatality Caused By A Cosmic Object. Improbably Though This Encounter Was Already, Its Truly Extraordinary Nature Was Revealed Only Decades Later When Scientists Found That The Culprit Was Not A Common-or-garden Meteorite, But A Piece Of The Planet Mars.