Randall Carlson
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Try to twist a pencil held at one point—it spins with ease. Add a second grip point? Total resistance. This simple experiment reveals a deeper principle: moment of inertia. In a perfectly symmetrical sphere, gravity sees only a single point—the center of mass. But shift the…
The Moon is massive enough that its gravity should shape it into a perfect sphere—but it’s not. Why? It has two distinct moments of inertia, meaning it's not evenly balanced. That tells us something strange: the Moon isn’t just spinning—it's locked in a 1:1 spin-orbit resonance…
Look up the Permian-Triassic extinction. Roughly 251 million years ago, Earth lost over 90% of all species—marine and terrestrial. Life on Earth came this close to disappearing altogether. We call it “The Great Dying.” And it’s just one of many. The one 12,800 years ago? That…
Scientists discovered strange mass concentrations—mascons—beneath the Moon's surface using satellite gravimetry. These aren't tiny quirks; they actually disrupted orbiters. One theory? Buried remnants of massive iron asteroids, 100 km wide, still lodged beneath lunar mare. What…
The term “climate change” once described Earth’s natural, dramatic shifts—like the ones 14,000 years ago that drove massive fires across North America. But since the '90s, it’s been hijacked to mean one thing: human-caused change. We’ve lost the bigger picture—and with it, the…
The Moon’s average density—3.34 g/cm³—is nearly identical to common Earth silicate rocks. But here’s the kicker: it raises major questions about what’s inside the Moon. If its interior ever reached melting temperatures, its shape should match that of a fluid body. It doesn’t. So…
On February 9th, 1913, witnesses across 2,500 miles—Bermuda to Saskatchewan—reported a stunning celestial procession. Fiery red bodies with streaming tails crossed the sky in a perfectly horizontal path, moving with eerie deliberation. They came in waves, from the same point in…
In Mithraic tradition, the god plunges a sword into the shoulder of the bull—right where the Pleiades constellation sits. Coincidence? Maybe not. This might be a memory encoded in myth—a record of cometary impacts from the Taurid meteor stream. These events may have struck the…
The word “cataclysm” comes from kataklysmos—the ancient Greek term for the great flood. And that flood? It shows up everywhere. Deucalion and Pyrrha. Utnapishtim. Native Americans in a great canoe. These are not just myths. They’re global memory echoes of something massive.…
The word “cataclysm” comes from kataklysmos—the ancient Greek term for the great flood. And that flood? It shows up everywhere. Deucalion and Pyrrha. Utnapishtim. Native Americans in a great canoe. These are not just myths. They’re global memory echoes of something massive.…
New research shows the end of the Ice Age was marked by violent pulses of destruction—especially during the Younger Dryas. These weren’t slow changes… they were sudden, catastrophic events. What caused them? And how do Heinrich events—huge surges of icebergs—fit into this…
What if global warming caused by fossil fuels becomes a non-issue? There are emerging technologies—already in the wings—that could transmute pollution itself. If we stay on course and don't let politics derail innovation, the next 5–10 years could flip the entire energy…
Of all the proposed sites around the world, only one place checks nearly every box in Plato's description— the Azores Plateau. It’s sunken, geologically active, and perched atop a triple tectonic plate junction: the African, European, and North American plates. Not only that,…
Why is complex life so rare in the universe? Because it gets wiped out. Mass extinction events—like asteroid impacts—can reset evolution in an instant. Simple life survives. Complex life? Not so lucky. Earth’s relatively low impact rate may be the only reason we’re even here.…
China's space program just kicked into high gear— They've discovered a new mineral on the moon that contains helium-3, a potential clean energy source. It’s called Changesite-Y. And it could be the reason we start mining the moon within our lifetime. Three new Chinese moon…
Gothic cathedrals weren’t just built—they were tuned. The vaults aren’t just sitting there… they’re under tension. Remove a flying buttress and the whole structure springs upward. That’s not just stone—it’s a unified harmonic field. This is sacred engineering—geometry as force,…
What happens when 2 miles of ice melts off a continent? The land rises—literally. It's called isostasy. Just like a cushion springs back when you get up, the Earth rebounds when the weight of ice is removed. In places like Hudson Bay, ancient shorelines show just how much the…
The Earth isn’t just a home—it’s a blueprint. We now have the physics, propulsion, and tech to restore the Earth and build self-sustaining biospheres in space. Low-friction travel. Global collaboration. All possible—if we get the relationship with technology right.
You see the stone. But you miss the masterpiece. Gothic cathedrals? They wouldn’t exist without genius carpentry—formwork, scaffolding, precision geometry. The vaults, arches, and steeples? All made possible by woodwork… that vanished once the stone was set. The real mystery…
Jeff Bezos is backing the O’Neill space cylinder idea—rotating habitats in space. But here’s what’s really wild: recent computer models show that the ideal geometries for free-floating civilizations… look just like the ancient principles of sacred geometry. It’s almost like…