Lasers, Fact and Fiction Revealed

Joan S. Reed

The laser was developed in 1958, and since that time it really has been the target of many science fiction movies that use lasers to do everything from opening safes to destroying the world. Although it may be interesting to delve into that type of fantasy from time to time, […]

How Far Can Your Imagination Go?

Joan S. Reed

Imagination, in my own words, is going beyond the touchable. It is having a maneuver through the unobserved. It is a temporary elude from the reality. Vision has different forms and it can be graded. The distance a person will go on his imagination’s trip relies on him/her – the […]

The Transient Nature Of Life

Joan S. Reed

The greatest reality of life is probably the transient nature of it – the people we love, the possessions we so adore, and just about everything close to us. This ephemeral nature of life is what all religions are based on. Religions not only just establish and accept this fact, […]

Terraforming Mars: Fact or Fiction?

Joan S. Reed

There are many words which have been added to the English language through the influence of works of science fiction. For example, one such known word is robot as it has been dubbed by Isaac Asimov in his short stories concerning robots. Hence, it can be said that sometimes science […]

Alien Profiteering for Cosmic Engineering

Joan S. Reed

Aliens, as in cosmic visitors, provokes all manner of human reactivity. Here, the characterization has nothing to do with human creatures seeking asylum or other amenities from a host country. Instead, the focus is interplanetary. Likewise, traveling the universe inspires a variety of notions. As to how such things happen, […]