Science Fact or Fiction - Charmain Ingleton

The question is, “Can electrical items talk?” Now, I know that electricity is one form of energy and that everyday objects can change electricity, into another form of energy for e.g., using a torch creates light energy, whereas a doorbell creates sound energy. I’ve even read articles about new technology. One was about LG and their ‘talking’ washing machine. The other, was of the Samsung app that can connect to your washing machine and lets you select a cycle, even when you’re out. Also, the future of wi-fi enabled washing machines is just the beginning, eventually all the kitchen appliances will be able to communicate with each other and also with you. Wow, imagine that, whilst you’re at work your washing machine’s having a conversation with your cooker. However, with all the futuristic technology due to burst onto the scene, it appears my washing machine has already received the memo! For a few months now although infrequent, my washing machine beeps to me when doing a...

The question is, “Are we ready to build in space?” I understand there’s always the race to be the first to go into space and do what no other country has done before.  But then what? What’s the aim? With past missions to the moon. It appears that now, some countries want to be the first to build a base on the moon. (A moon base) Now, that would’ve been great if it wasn’t for the fact someone beat us to it. With video footage of UFO’s seen coming and going from the moon’s surface. It’s more likely that an alien base is already sited there? So, would building a base manned by humans, be accepted on a 'satellite object' that isn’t ours? How safe would humans be? For now, all countries should be focused on something more serious. Climate Change – our planet is in crisis! Governments across the globe need to focus on protecting life on Earth and not on off planet projects… The clock’s ticking – help those countries that are suffering now! For no country is saf...

The question is, “Who owns a satellite killer?” I was watching NASA’s unexplained files the other evening and they mentioned, ‘Satellite Killers.’ A ‘Satellite Killer’ is basically a space weapon that’s designed to incapacitate or destroy a satellite. This is bad news, as those that own a satellite killer could easily bring a country to its knees by threatening to destroy that countries satellite… Now, I’m no scientist but the number of active satellites that are currently in space as at the 14 th August 2021, is astronomical at approx. 3372 with 3170 inactive. So, if there’s a satellite killer in the mix wouldn’t this cause more space debris? With more than 500,000 pieces of debris the size of a marble orbiting the Earth, shouldn’t they design a satellite dustcart to collect all this rubbish and tidy up the universe before our neighbouring aliens come to visit us? So, who owns a satellite killer? Would we really want to know? What do you think?   Author: Charm...

The question, “Is there a face on Mars?” Pictures captured by the Viking 1 spacecraft in July 1976 showed an image of a human face. It was two miles long and looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Scientists were excited, but as usual, anything that’s not already written in a book has to be scrutinized by the sceptics! And so, years later in 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor took a second look taking photographs using the cameras absolute maximum resolution. These showed that it looked like a butte or mesa (a medium sized hill with vertical steep sides) which easily dismissed the idea of it being a face of any kind, or that the Egyptian’s had created such a figure. I’ve seen the pictures on the internet for both years 1976 and 2001. In 1976 the face was more formed. Allow years of wear and tear from the harsh environment and by the time you reach the year 2001 expect some facial feature decay or destruction. Surprisingly the size of the structure remained the same with only the featu...

The question, “Is Saturn communicating with us?” When the Cassini spacecraft reached planet Saturn in April 2002 it detected radio emissions… On YouTube there is an audio of Saturn’s radio emissions. I was surprised by the sounds that Saturn was making as I’d heard something like it before. Then I remembered. I’d heard similar sounds in the 1956 film called the ‘Forbidden Planet,’ (also known as Fatal Planet) starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen and the Robot (Robby the Robot). The music and sound effects from the film sounded similar. The ‘Forbidden Planet’ music was created by husband and wife composers Louis and Bebe Barron. They were pioneers in the field of electronic music at that time. They apparently, created the music by using a circuit called a ring modulator. They overloaded the circuits until they burnt out. This created a unique and unpredictable sound of which they could never recreate. So, with this knowledge. Isn’t it possible that Saturn is...