Category Archives: Science Bits

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Life – K from a nice volcanic mud puddle…

Posted on 26 August 2016 by

Life originating in a mud puddle, not the ocean, explains a lot. Continue reading →

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Micro-Spherical Rain vs Flat Land and Fictional Sky

Posted on 9 May 2016 by

What can virga and the geometry of rain provide in the way of insight? Enough to matter, I think. Continue reading →

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LENR / LANR in 1956?, Ponderomotive?

Posted on 3 May 2016 by

Did someone patent a Cold Fusion / LENR / LANR device in 1956? (Does it work?… looks easy to validate). Is this related to pondermotive forces? And what are pondermotives anyway? Continue reading →

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Quantum Tunneling Water?

Posted on 26 April 2016 by

Talk about unsettling settled science… Some folks have found that water will quantum tunnel, sort of, and has a ‘new state of matter’… Continue reading →

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US Navy Patent on LENR / LANR Particle Source

Posted on 12 April 2016 by

The US Navy claims to have control of LENR / LANR enough to give your choice of soft X-rays on up to neutrons and more. They even have a patent on it that goes into great detail on how to DIY. So I’m of the opinion that it works. Continue reading →

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LENR Lithium Size Matters

Posted on 11 April 2016 by

A plausible mechanism by which “The Rossi Effect” might work, some directed speculation about what this might mean for other candidate systems, and a discussion of sizes of target species and crystal lattice constants. Continue reading →

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10 Days To The Next Tease, Or ???

Posted on 30 March 2016 by

Rossi and the eCats sing the blues, or jazz it up? 10 days and counting… Continue reading →

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