It had to happen sooner or later. The End of the World meme (Global Warming Vsn. 22.70) has gone cosmic. Yes folks, the destruction of the whole Universe is at hand. As the London Telegraph headlines, Cosmologists claim by observing dark energy the universe has been nudged closer to its death. As Rogher Highfield writes in the Telegraph,  "Forget about the threat that mankind poses to the Earth: our activities may be shortening the life of the universe too."The startling claim is made by a pair of American cosmologists investigating the consequences for the cosmos of quantum theory, the most successful theory we have."In a nutshell, (Quantum) theory suggests  that we change things simply by looking at them and theorists have puzzled over the implications for years.  They often illustrate their  concerns about what the theory means with mind-boggling  experiments, notably  Schroedinger's cat ..."New Scientist reports a worrying new...(Read Full Post)