In this video, we break down what “one light-day” actually means, how Voyager 1 got there after nearly 50 years of flight, and why a signal traveling at 299,792 km/s still takes a full day to close the gap. We also look at what’s next for the spacecraft as it pushes deeper into interstellar space on a dying power supply.
As India is getting wealthier, it is starting to see problems once confined to the west. Notable among them is alcoholism, and even worse drug addiction. It has become fashionable to do drugs, and kids are falling for this nasty demon because of peer pressure and bad influence from pop culture. Let’s hope the…
I always assumed Mark Wahlberg rates among the biggest douche-bags in the world, until I found out about the existence of a bigger douche, his brother Robert Wahlberg. If you feel my characterization of these two brothers is a bit harsh, I recommend you watch “The Village” by Mark, and an episode of “Blue…
Unless you are living under a rock, you most likely have watched the whirlwind tour of India’s prime minister Modi to the Silcion Valley in the US. PM Modi, a visionary in his own right, has come up with a bold new initiative to bring India on par with the rest of the world in…
Why are the months September through December misaligned with the numbers they imply? Not many people think about this issue. We have always used the calendar without questioning it, and we have always known September as the ninth month, October as the tenth, November as the Eleventh, and of course December the twelfth. What seems…
