Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

James Thompson

Why Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Are Testing the Iron Dome’s Boundaries

Speed plus precision plus payload equals strategic impact." These were the words of Iranian defense analyst Abbas Kharabaf to explain a missile achievement that has caused shockwaves along the world's military corridors. This June 2025, the Middle East's already uncertain security math was thrown into disarray when Iran's Fattah-2...
James Thompson

The Universe’s Countdown: How Axion Dark Energy May Trigger a Cosmic...

The universe, in a radical new theory, is not necessarily doomed to an eternal expansion, but rather may experience a sudden reversal a cosmic collapse over the next 10 billion years. Based on the newest evidence from large dark energy surveys and the slippery physics of axions, this forecast...
James Thompson

Why a Fleeting ‘Super Alcohol’ Is Shaking Up Interstellar Chemistry

A molecule once dismissed as too unstable to exist in the universe has been intimidated into being in a laboratory, defying fundamental assumptions about the chemistry of the universe. Methanetetrol a so-called "super alcohol" for four hydroxy groups built on one carbon atom has now been synthesized under interstellar...