Aaron Vallis

Why don't we take a gander at what's going on across the pond! http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/26/civilliberties.labour Read More

Why is it that just about everywhere you look, someone is commiting an act of animal cruelty? Is it inherent; an evolution of the hunter instinct of our ancestors? Because it seems as though that from childhood, we are taught subliminally to mistreat animals: to eat their flesh, to wear their pelts ... Read More

As we all know, space is currently considered to be "the final frontier". However, once we have accomplished the goal of planetary colonisation, where do we go from there? What lies beyond space? Personally, I think that when you consider how it took less than 100 years to go from the wright ... Read More

I`m sure that I am not the only person who has ever looked up at the stars at night, thinking to myself ``someone is out there, looking up at me as I look up at them``. Now, considering the size of the Milky way galaxy alone, there must be somewhere out in space other than Earth where life has ... Read More

As the question states, what is freedom? Do we really have freedom, or are we limited by any number of things. Take, for example, an election: we are given the choice between two people, each with opposing vewpoints. Unfortunately, we are not given the option of bringing in a third, completely ... Read More

When I look at America today, I notice some disturbing parallels with fascist nations such as Nazi Germany. Now, what could possibly posess me to make such a rash comparison? Well, there are alot of things. I would like for anyone who is interested to take a look at the following link, and respond ... Read More

We all know that evolution is a natural process, and one that is required if a species is to survive. Now, we humans have gotten to the point where we can no longer evolve naturally. So then what do we do? We use gene therapy, we grow new organs out of animals, we have ``designer babies``. Now of ... Read More

We humans are, in terms of sapience, the most intelligent organisms on the face of this planet. We can do absolutely anything that we set our minds to. So then, you would expect that we would have bubble domes on Mars, or better yet FTL drive systems on our spacecraft. So then, why don`t we? The ... Read More

About Aaron Vallis

Aaron Vallis