Patrick Rizio
MORE THAN THE ECLIPSE
Above is a photo of the eclipse of April 8, 2024. It was a cool thing to see, and as we all know, it doesn't happen very often. But it...
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Patrick Rizio
Apr 11 min read
Our old pal Albert
Everyone surely recognizes this iconic picture. Not everyone recognizes how well his theories of Relativity have held up. From...
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Patrick Rizio
Mar 231 min read
Do we really need war to advance technology?
V2 rocket in the British War museum like the ones used against England by the Nazis in World War 2. It's common knowledge that after the...
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Patrick Rizio
Mar 61 min read
The search continues.
Above is an artist's conception of T01-715b. A planet about 137 light years away from earth. It was discovered using data from NASA's...
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Patrick Rizio
Feb 81 min read
Bletchley Park
Look what showed up at the Bletchly Park mansion's library. Book two in the LaCost series. Imagine that. What's even harder to imagine is...
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Patrick Rizio
Jan 101 min read
What Is The Potential Of The Human Mind?
A genius who can feel others thoughts. A young girl who is a quantum leap in evolution. Corporate thugs who want to steal Jason's work...
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Patrick Rizio
Jan 61 min read
LaCost and coffee
On these cold winter days, (and nights), what could be better that some good coffee and LaCost?
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Patrick Rizio
Nov 22, 20231 min read
CERN
Got a chance to visit CERN, where the Large Hadron Collider creates conditions of the very early universe, accelerating particles to VERY...
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Patrick Rizio
Sep 18, 20232 min read
Getting closer and closer
Above is an artist's conception of what planet K2-18-B might look like. It is a mere 124 light years away. Not much in cosmic terms. It...
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Patrick Rizio
Sep 9, 20232 min read
13.8 Billion Years isn't that long
One of the greatest tools ever put together for exploration is responsible for the pictures above. I'm referring, of course, to the James...
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Patrick Rizio
Feb 27, 20232 min read
UPENDING WHAT WE KNOW
Above are some recent pictures made by the James Webb Telescope. If you follow such things in the news you'll know that they are pictures...
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Patrick Rizio
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Our Tiny Dot
This internet image is a view of our earth, (arrow), from under the rings of Saturn. Reminiscent of the famous Carl Sagan pale blue dot...
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Patrick Rizio
Oct 29, 20201 min read
Intellectual curiosity
The other day I was asked, why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity? A worldwide pandemic struck 1918. It infected 500 million...
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Patrick Rizio
Jul 4, 20201 min read
Einstein House
Talking Einstein. A while back I had the privilege of visiting the Einstein Museum in Bern Switzerland. (It's the apartment he lived in...
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