Shimmer In The Dark is fiction – fantastical fiction in places – but I have tried to ground the “science” wherever possible. Some of my research has generated themes in the book, at other times I have stumbled upon scientific articles published after writing that support some of my more outlandish ideas. We know so little about the richness of our universe, I have to wonder if any idea exists that is not possible somewhere out there, in a place beyond our human experience.
Here is a building collection of links to articles and websites that have inspired (and continue to inspire) me along the way.
BLACK HOLES! Should Astereal even exist? Not really. But then I read this:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21081-astrophile-the-sticky-star-cluster-thats-mostly-black-hole.html and even more recently: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/black-holes-gravitational-waves-space-genius-science/!
Just recently published: http://www.space.com/22374-milky-way-black-hole-magnetic-field.html Will this black hole uphold current theory on relativity or will new concepts need to be found?
Like: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/black-holes/finkel-text
Useful material for my sequel DESTINY NEXUS!
http://www.mpg.de/8741005/radiationoutburst_galaxcy_ic310
DARK MATTER AND ENERGY Since publishing Rogue Genesis this article presents new discoveries in our understanding of the cosmic web keeping together the ever expanding universe:
Intergalactic Voids Are Not So Empty – ‘Tendrils’ Pierce Cosmic
New addition: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-approves-impossible-space-engine-design-that-apparently-violates-the-laws-of-physics-9646865.html Just need to tweak my sequel a little!
Useful material for my sequel! http://www.mpg.de/8741005/radiationoutburst_galaxcy_ic310
Another article published in Jan 2015 supporting the idea of dark matter in the Milky Way providing the fuel for a wormhole! Niall Kearey uses dark matter to create dark energy to build his bridges across the universe! http://www.universetoday.com/118423/the-entire-milky-way-might-be-a-huge-wormhole-thats-stable-and-navigable/
TIMEFLOWS: Click here.
DRUMSI helmet. I loved finding this article: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1841108,00.html
MAGNETIC FIELDS. One of many sites I visited in an attempt to understand the potential of magnetic fields for my story, but this is one of my favorites: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/29dec_magneticfield/
And for the link between magnetic fields and psychic phenomena: http://www.rwhit.dsl.pipex.com/MADS/docs/Results.pdf which led me to: http://www.assap.ac.uk/index.html. This website is much newer than the one I referenced in 2011.
While researching magnetoception and the incredible ways a variety of creatures on planet Earth use the geomagnetic field for direction, I never uncovered the Fox until much later. This video demonstrates a fox homing in on dinner buried deep in the snow. His luck increases when facing the North pole. Watch this: http://www.edisproduction.de/2013/11/19/fox-hunting-under-snow-in-an-incredible-way/
New theories indicating EM forces can form portals to other worlds: http://higherperspective.com/2013/12/nasa-discovers-hidden-portals-earths-magnetic-field.html
NAZCA LINES: http://www.ancient-code.com/the-nazca-connection/
POLE REVERSALS: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002132350.htm
SEDONA VORTEX: I have to emphasize again the word inspiration. My story brushes the complex investigations carried out at Sedona at a very high level. But this article is the reason I chose Sedona as the location for my protagonist to discover his mind’s propensity to skip across the universe: http://sedonanomalies.com/NASA-2003-tm212647.pdf
REMOTE VIEWING: http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/Pages/CIA-InitiatedRV.html and POLITICS & PSYCHIC PROGRAMS: http://tech.mit.edu/V115/N60/senators.60w.html
EVOLUTION: Evolution is a lot more complex than Darwin supposed: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827821.000-the-chaos-theory-of-evolution.html?full=true
EARLY MODERN HUMANS: http://wadsworth.cengage.com/anthropology_d/special_features/ext/latest_dirt/ethiopia.html and a good source on evolution theories: http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/r/recent_single-origin_hypothesis.htm
I enjoyed reading this article of other sources of human DNA – the denisovan genome!
Scientific Inspiration for my sequel!
DNA
Oh, I’m working on my sequel to Rogue Genesis, and just spotted this article! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2850726/Scientists-left-shocked-DNA-survives-journey-space-findings-raise-questions-origins-life-Earth.html Now that’s a relief!
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
http://www.nature.com/news/telescope-captures-view-of-gravitational-waves-1.14876
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