As a retired biologist, and a Member of the British Interplanetary Society, I am fascinated by Ihe multi-disciplinary field of astrobiology – the study of how life developed here on Earth, the possibilities for its existence elsewhere in the universe, the forms that this might take, and the prospects for encountering it at some point in the future. For several years I have been vlogging on YouTube using the channel “Malcolm C Dragon”, which I originally created to promote our family charity The Chreda Foundation, but on which I have also posted on a variety of other topics. The channel is currently blessed with a growing subscriber base, and I recently decided it was time to create a specific astrobiology playlist through which I might offer a regular stream of entertaining, informative content on this field… which is increasingly inspiring the public imagination. (I will, however, continue from time-to-time to post videos on less esoteric subjects under some of my other playlists.) The new astrobiology playlist will be launching in a few weeks’ time, and as it may well be of interest to fellow Asgardians (especially members of this community), I just wanted to flag this up here. In the meantime you can access the channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWULbuTqmPZUvVhHbe7erEA.

Relativity. There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night. There is a popular comical limerick about a young woman named White or Bright that highlights the counterintuitive nature of time measurements in Einstein’s theory of relativity. Do you know this poem? Do you know who composed it? The earliest evidence known to QI appeared in an issue of the London humor magazine “Punch” in 1923. Initially, the limerick “Relativity” was published without attribution:[1]

Our Electric Cold Fusion Sun is a Plasma Star. The Sun is not a gas sphere. It cannot be that. It is impossible for the Sun to be a gas sphere. Nor is it self-powered. The Sun has large electric currents flowing on its surface. It is powered by a principle that involves almost the entire universe. Physically, it is powered by plasma. Plasma is the life-blood of the universe. It is electrically charged. This makes it powerful. The electric force is 39 orders of magnitude stronger than gravity. This could change the need on energy dependence forever. Unfortunately, this single, most critical factor for the future of humanity on Earth - of the dynamics of the electric-Sun - is too poorly understood with almost no efforts being made to advance the scientific understanding on this front of research. Instead, the electric-sun theory, which stands on monumental evidence, is being slandered or deemed not to exist. Thus, no matter how harsh and energy-lean the future Ice Age will become, including during the solar inactive times, vast as yet unconsidered energy resources will nevertheless lay at our feet that will always be available to us if we care to access them. Examples on this scale are symptomatic of the enormously rich electric energy resources that we have within our reach to develop. The examples, that would dwarf the government's 'net zero policy.' Thus, the brightest future imaginable lays before us.