Musk is just a pathetic little creep, isn't he? As in, urgh. He's also an absent dad. Another reason to despise him. (View Post)

Also from the BBC article: "But even if the Cambridge team obtains a five sigma result, that won't be conclusive proof that life exists on the planet, according to Prof Catherine Heymans of… (View Post)

And before we get carried away with this 'discovery' on an exoplanet; scientists have had enough trouble with the suspected/alleged presence of traces of phosphine on Venus, which is a good… (View Post)

This is pretty much my view. Which brings us onto the Fermi Paradox (the question as to why, if life is everywhere, why have we not seen any signs of it?). My preferred response to that is: space is … (View Post)

What amazed me in this conversation is that people actually read email signatures... (View Post)