*Disclaimer: This piece was redacted in a humorous fashion given the fatalistic premise of its topic. What fun is there in being an astrophysicist if you cannot laugh at wacky (but plausible) scenarios anyways? Extra extra! Buy your intergalactic newspaper now! With its front-page headline: Top 5 Deadliest Things in…

We all know what numbers are. In fact, we are so sure of this knowledge that we can easily point our fingers at their written depiction and exclaim, “These are numbers!”. But are they really? If we think about it, when visualizing a number, what we see are numerals, or…

Schrödinger’s cat is a renowned thought experiment in the world of physics. It was devised by physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 to illustrate the problems behind the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. In simple terms, his experiment states that: If you place a hypothetical cat and something capable of killing…

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Spoiler alert: we can’t. :( I don’t know what kind of thoughts must cross through the mind of an individual who bothers pondering upon these questions, but since I like to take pride in my lack of judgement towards people and their mental processes, I will offer my opinion (as…

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