So I went on Geekipedia and founds quite a few articles that I found interesting but after narrowing it down I picked one on Commercial space travel and one on the String Theory.
http://www.wired.com/culture/geekipedia/magazine/geekipedia/spacemen
So first up is commercial space travel. I am all for this whenever it gets off the ground. I have always found the idea of space and the mysteries it holds very interesting. Anyway the article talks more about the millionaires and entrepreneurs that are trying to make it possible. One of the more interesting parts for me was their goals of where to go and how soon some of them plan on getting there. Some of these guys plan on getting things going by as early as winter of 2008.
http://www.wired.com/culture/geekipedia/magazine/geekipedia/string_theory_smackdown
The next article I read was about the String Theory. I've watched a few documentaries and read a few articles on this topic before so I already new it's kind of a touchy subject with some people that are all for it and others who think its ridiculous. I'm not going to pretend that I completely understand the theory but I do find it interesting. From my understanding some people believe there is another material building block we haven't seen yet. They're supposed to be tiny vibrating string like objects that make up everything in the universe. I guess that's the laymen way of saying it but if you find science at all interesting then check it out. There was one thing I saw in a documentry that showed a college somewhere testing this theory by shooting atoms at each other and recording the particles as they flew apart. If I can find a site about it then I'll post it on my blog.
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