104 ideas about #science have been added on IdeaMill.
Sir Fred Hoyle was duped out of his Nobel Prize because he... Read more
Supersymmetry – symmetry between forces and matter
In particle physics there is a popular idea that a symmetry lies... Read more
Godel’s incompleteness theorm: All systems will fail at some point
It’s a seemingly small idea that has enormous consequences. Godel created an... Read more
The Pilot Wave Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
I don’t really understand this idea, but that doesn’t bode badly for... Read more
There is more than just 1 type of logic
Gottlob Frege, C.S. Peirce, and Ernst Schröder introduced quantification to propositional logic... Read more
Your head is older than your feet – due to time dilation
Your feet have been slightly closer to a denser region spacetime for... Read more

DNA origami
We can now build lidded boxes that can be locked or unlocked... Read more
There is only 1 type of calculus
An amazing idea with a few names – the ‘calculus of logic’... Read more

Your head has travelled further than your feet
It is further from the center of rotation of the earth. Read more
The sun is our mother, not our father
The sun’s magnetosphere (womb) reaches beyond the planets in the solar system... Read more

Only primes are proper numbers – the rest are just constructed from primes
No, 4, 6, 8 and 9 aren’t fundamental, just something you can... Read more

Knowing enough to think you’re doing it right, but not enough to know you’re doing it wrong
I like this idea by Neil deGrasse Tyson. He calls it a... Read more
Space themed cafes – watch launches all year round
Not just in Houston and Florida, 1 in every capital city. Watch... Read more

Newton’s flaming laser sword
Newton’s flaming laser sword is a philosophical razor which states that what... Read more
Communications satellites that transmit information with lasers
Lasers could very well do a better job than radio waves when... Read more
There doesn’t have to be just 1 set of physical laws
Quantum mechanics and general relativity are currently battling it out because SOME... Read more
The Universe is inherently preposterous
The idea that modern science suggests reality is contrary to reason or... Read more