Science, Technology Erich Wenzel Science, Technology Erich Wenzel

Visualizing Moon Fragments from Seveneves

On the first page of the book, the moon explodes suddenly and without warning. Seven fragments remain suspended in the night sky where a complete world once existed. And that’s just the beginning. What follows is a countdown: as the fragments collide and multiply, scientists predict that Earth will eventually be bombarded by what they call "Hard Rain." The clock is ticking. This led me to wonder what that would actually look like?

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Pop Culture, Science Erich Wenzel Pop Culture, Science Erich Wenzel

Could We Engineer Spider-Man’s Powers?

With the upcoming release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, I started thinking about an idea: How far away are we from being able to engineer Spider-Man?

Sure, we can escape into sci-fi territory very fast, but what technology or research is being done that could plausibly get us to a Spider-Man-like ability set?

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Science, Health Erich Wenzel Science, Health Erich Wenzel

Rethinking Caffeine

Some thoughts on how to think about the prevalence of stimulants. If something affects the brain, we should be more conscious of using those substances and give our brain time to function without them.

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